Robinson Crusoe Fairbanks
Subject(s): Crusoe, Robinson (Fictitious character), Fairbanks, Charles W. (Charles Warren), 1852-1918, Loneliness, Solitude, Vice-Presidents
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Charles W. Fairbanks, as Robinson Crusoe, sits on a rock labeled “Vice-Presidency” on the shore of a vast sea.
Comments and Context
The first cover of the first issue of 1906 had cartoonist Udo J. Keppler engaging in what must have been one of his favorite sports — ridiculing Vice President Charles W. Fairbanks for daring to have presidential ambitions. Looking ahead to 1908, he had sparse support among Republican faithful, and was absolutely shunned by President Roosevelt. The nominating convention, not the presidential candidate, had chosen the famously icy senator.
Tall, taciturn, and with bald pate and goatee as his few trademarks, the frustrated Fairbanks evidently appealed to Keppler as a target. In this cartoon the sour-faced vice president does not even have the paradisiacal island that Defoe’s hero occupied, and not even a Friday in sight.
Collection
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
Creation Date
1906-01-03
Creator(s)
Period
U.S. President – 2nd Term (March 1905-February 1909)
Repository
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division
Page Count
1
Record Type
Image
Resource Type
Rights
These images are presented through a cooperative effort between the Library of Congress and Dickinson State University. No known restrictions on publication.
Citation
Cite this Record
Chicago:
Robinson Crusoe Fairbanks. [January 3, 1906]. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs.
https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o278475. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
MLA:
Keppler, Udo J., 1872-1956. Robinson Crusoe Fairbanks. [3 Jan. 1906]. Image.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. March 26, 2026. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o278475.
APA:
Keppler, Udo J., 1872-1956., [1906, January 3]. Robinson Crusoe Fairbanks.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o278475.
Cite this Collection
Chicago:
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/library-of-congress-prints-and-photographs. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
MLA:
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. March 26, 2026. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/library-of-congress-prints-and-photographs.
APA:
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/library-of-congress-prints-and-photographs.
