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Puck, v. 58, no. 1505

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Robinson Crusoe Fairbanks

Charles W. Fairbanks, as Robinson Crusoe, sits on a rock labeled “Vice-Presidency” on the shore of a vast sea.

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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.

Football in 1906

Illustration shows a lighthearted look at the game of football as though it were played by dainty men of effeminate natures.

Comments and Context

In one of Puck‘s ever-increasing center-spreads given over to humorous commentary and multiple genre gags, cartoonist J. S. Pughe lobbed two softballs, not one, at readers: easy targets.