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Puck, v. 55, no. 1426

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His 128th birthday

His 128th birthday

An eagle stands on the “U.S.A.” portion of a globe with its wings extending from “Porto Rico” and “Panama” on the right to the “Philippines” on the left. Caption: “Gee, but this is an awful stretch!”

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Cartoonist Joseph Keppler Junior and his magazine tempered their previous week’s Fourth of July fireworks-popping celebration with this graphic representation of the American eagle’s new role in the world. Puck was soundly jingoistic before and during the Spanish-American War; during the foundations of imperial policymaking; and in support of the acquisition of the Canal Zone in Panama.

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William Randolph Hearst hosts a dinner for a gathering of cartoon characters at the White House. On the left, a dinosaur is eating a portrait of President Roosevelt. Caption: The inaugural dinner at the White House.

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William Randolph Hearst is a fascinating American figure who dominated many fields he pursued and influenced various areas of American life. His father was George Hearst, a miner whose discoveries of silver and gold made him fabulously wealthy. A term as United States senator from California was one of his toys, as was the purchase of newspapers — one of which, the San Francisco Examiner, he gifted to his son after the latter was expelled from Harvard for lassitude and pranks.

July 4th, 1904

July 4th, 1904

Two female drummers play while a young woman bursts from a firecracker. The title “Puck” is formed from firecrackers.

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In 1904, the United States was in the midst of its first blush as an expansionist, innovative, prosperous nation, with the previous years’ depression, war, assassination, and labor strife behind it. Automobiles, airplanes, electrification, and motion pictures reflected a vitality in daily life, which in turn, was manifested by the exuberance of America’s popular president, Theodore Roosevelt.