caption: The image shows a paper with a drawing of two women and a child in the water, with the text "Opening the Sluices or the Secret Expedition" written above them. The paper appears to be from 1878, as indicated by the text at the bottom of the image. The women and child are depicted in a cartoonish style, with one of them wearing a hat and the other wearing a dress. The background of the paper is a light blue color, and the text is written in a bold black font.