Keppler, Udo J., 1872-1956

A young boy labeled “Venezuela” complains to Uncle Sam about the presence of a German battleship. Uncle Sam explains to him that the Monroe Doctrine will protect him from violence, but that he still must pay his “honest debts.” Caption: Venezuela — Better mind your Monroe Doctrine! That German is making trouble. / Uncle Sam — The Monroe Doctrine will keep you from being kidnapped, Sonny; but it won’t help you get out of your honest debts.

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Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1902-01-22

A “Tariff Wall” on the U.S. coastline has two gates, one labeled “Annexation” and the other labeled “Reciprocity.” A woman labeled “Cuba,” holding a bundle of “Raw Sugar” cane, is attempting to enter the United States through the gate labeled “Reciprocity.” She is being turned away vociferously by a man labeled “Sugar Grower” holding a piece of paper labeled “Tariff on Sugar.” In the background is a woman labeled “Porto Rico” carrying a bundle of sugar cane. She has entered through the “Annexation” gate over which the sugar grower and his tariffs have no control. Caption: Cuba — Why not let me in? Porto Rico is inside. / American Sugar-Grower — She didn’t come in this gate. She went through the other one – and I can’t control that!

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Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1902-01-29

President Roosevelt sits at a desk that is overwhelmed with papers requiring his immediate attention. Reaching through the stacks of paper is a large hand labeled “Public Receptions.” Caption: How long shall the senseless hand-shaking custom take our busiest citizen from his real duties?

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Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1902-02-05

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Keppler, Udo J., 1872-1956

Uncle Sam sits in a chair with three putti or cupids handing him valentine cards that state “Assistance and Sympathy during the Spanish-American War.” The cards have come from “England,” “Germany,” and “Russia.” Caption: Uncle Sam — I didn’t know I had so many friends till I won that fight!

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Creation Date

1902-02-12

Prince Henry offers bouquets of flowers labeled “Visit of Prince Henry,” “Christening by Miss Roosevelt,” and “Yacht built in America,” to Columbia who is holding a paper that states “British Canal Concessions.” In the background, on the left, John Bull is watching from a small, rocky island.

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Creation Date

1902-02-19

Prince Henry is overwhelmed by invitations to attend events around the country during his visit to the United States in 1902. Caption: Prince Henry — This is all very pleasant; – but I’ll be willing to let Brother William come, himself, next time.

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Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1902-03-05

Creator(s)

Keppler, Udo J., 1872-1956

An interior view of the House of Representatives shows Republicans on one side and Democrats on the other. A gigantic man wearing a crown labeled “Protected Trusts” and clothing decorated with dollar signs, his hands resting on a huge club labeled “Protected Tariffs,” sits before them, dwarfing the Speaker’s chair and rostrum. Representative Joseph W. Babcock climbs the club and turns to address Republican colleagues who attempt to flee in fear. The Democrats calmly sit and laugh. Caption: Representative Babcock (to his Republican Associates)–You’d better help me take this club away! The Democrats will do it if you don’t!

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Creation Date

1902-03-05

Puck rides in a small automobile labeled “1877-1902,” passing a reviewing stand where Uncle Sam and Columbia greet him. The background is filled with the cast of characters from 25 years of cartoons. Caption: Puck passes the 25th yearstone amid the plaudits of his creations.

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Creation Date

1902-03-12

A young woman labeled “Cuba” turns away from Uncle Sam who is offering her a plate labeled “Reduction of Tariff on Cuban Sugar” with an egg labeled 20% on it. In the background a man labeled “American Sugar Grower” is enraged because he feels the egg is larger than it should be. Caption: Cuba — Only this little egg for me? / Sugar Planter — All that big egg for her?

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Creation Date

1902-03-26

Senator Mark Hanna draws a life-sized portrait of himself as a Greek or Roman statesman. Two men labeled “Capital” and “Labor” stand nearby. In the background is a large monument stating “In memory of the man who reconciled Labor and Capital.” Caption: “I would want no greater memorial than to have the world remember that I did something to end the wars between American capital and American labor” – From speech by Senator Hanna.

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Creation Date

1902-04-09

Several men, identified as “Hill, Jones, Olney, Clark, Bailey, Shepard, Watterson, [and] Lamont,” carry planks of lumber which are identified as Democratic policies from previous election platforms and proposed new planks. As they construct the new “Democratic Platform,” Puck points to a plank they have forgotten, “Tariff Reform,” which sits on a platform in the background on the right. In the background on the left stands William Jennings “Bryan” holding a “Free Silver” plank of rotten wood. Caption: Puck — You are neglecting the only plank you ever did win with, – and the only one you ever can win with!

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1902-04-16

A railroad lobbyist puts on a puppet show. The puppets, labeled “Nicaragua Route” and “Panama Route,” stand in opposition to each other. Caption: Railroad Lobbyist — The railroads won’t have to compete with a canal so long as I can keep these figures fighting.

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Creation Date

1902-04-23

A traveling couple is set upon by every member of the service industry – coachmen, porters, maids, messengers, busboys, and cooks – for some amount of remuneration. The cause is illustrated in the upper right, where the manager of the hotel tells his staff to extract payment from the guests in lieu of wages. The “hold-up” of a stagecoach takes place in the background on the upper left. Caption: In olden days the highwayman did the job himself; nowadays he directs his minions to do it.

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Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1901-07-03

Creator(s)

Keppler, Udo J., 1872-1956

Four men in a basket labeled “The Church” of a hot-air balloon labeled “Religion without Superstition” throw out sandbags labeled “No Museum, Blue Laws, Bigotry, [and] No Sunday Recreations” that are used for ballast, enabling them to soar higher, above dark clouds labeled “Ignorance” and “Superstition.” Caption: The more rubbish they throw out, the higher they can go.

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Creation Date

1901-07-17

Uncle Sam is in a tree, chased there by the Russian Bear which is standing at the base of the tree. Uncle Sam has dropped his rifle labeled “U.S. Duty on Russian Sugar.” Caption: Uncle Sam (to Russia). — Don’t shoot! I’ll come down!

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Creation Date

1901-07-31

A man labeled “Riotous Striker” pushes down pillars labeled “Order, Law, Capital, Labor, Enlightenment, [and] Progress,” causing a building (or temple) to crash down upon itself. Caption: He is always the first victim of his own violence.

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Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1901-07-31

Two women lean out windows. On the left is an Irish domestic representing the “Dem. Party” and on the right is a well-dressed matron representing the “Rep. Party.” Between them hangs a balance scale labeled “Party Politics” with Rear Admiral Winfield Scott Schley on the left, trying to upset the balance by pulling on the chains, causing the scale to swing wildly, and with Rear Admiral William Thomas Sampson on the right, struggling to hang on.

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Creation Date

1901-08-21

Uncle Sam sits at a table with 10 figures, three of which are unidentified, the others showing the attributes of the rulers of Russia (Nicholas II), England (Edward VII), Germany (William II), Japan (Meiji, Emperor of Japan), Italy (Victor Emmanuel III), Austria (Franz Joseph I), and France (Emile Loubet), representing the eight nation alliance. A large tray of fruit labeled “Chinese Indemnity” is on the table. Hanging above the table by a thin string is an enormous sword labeled “Awakening of China.”

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Creation Date

1901-09-04

German Emperor Wilhelm II holds the strings to a wooden jumping toy identified as “V. Waldersee,” field marshal in China; the latter wears a military uniform, decorated with many medals, and saluting with his left hand.

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Creation Date

1901-09-11

Uncle Sam holds up a balance scale with “Labor” on the left and “Capital” on the right. When the two are balanced the scale points toward “Prosperity,” and when uneven the scale points toward “Depression.”

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Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1901-09-18

Creator(s)

Keppler, Udo J., 1872-1956