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The alarm

Based on painting by Henri-Paul Motte that depicts Rome being saved from an attack of the Goths by squawking geese, in this cartoon “Lobbyists” are ascending the city wall around “Ottawa” and handing bags of money down to be delivered to two men, wearing top hats labeled “Protected Trust.” The building tower is labeled “Reciprocity” and the squawking geese are kept in an enclosure labeled “Independent Press.” Caption: As the geese saved Rome, publicity will save reciprocity.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1911-09-20

Creator(s)

Keppler, Udo J., 1872-1956

“Am I about right?”

A beautiful young woman holding a mirror sits on the floor next to containers of cosmetics.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1911-09-27

Creator(s)

Green, Bert, 1885-1948

The Republican Mona Lisa – can he get away with it?

President William H. Taft, as a thief, steals a portrait painting of Robert M. La Follette as Mona Lisa from a gallery of paintings that also includes portraits of William Jennings Bryan and George W. Wickersham.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1911-09-27

Creator(s)

Unknown

“After you, sir”

In a shooting match between France and Germany, a white bird labeled “Peace” has just been released from a trap labeled “Moroccan Situation” and the contestants are each waiting for the other to shoot first. Gathered around the shooting platform are rulers from European and Asian countries, including Uncle Sam, Edward VII, King of Great Britain, and Nicholas II, Emperor of Russia. Caption: If either one of them shoots, it is all off with the bird. Hunting and Shooting Number.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1911-10-04

Creator(s)

Keppler, Udo J., 1872-1956

That camping trip

On the left, “as they pictured it in advance,” a group of men finds an orderly campsite, canoes and serenades by moonlight, has a well appointed guide, and finds plenty of wild game to eat. On the right, “as it panned out in reality,” the men find a disorganized campsite in the rain, take a disastrous canoe trip, have a buffoonish guide, and eat canned food.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1911-10-04

Creator(s)

Glackens, L. M. (Louis M.), 1866-1933

“Co’, Boss! Co’, Boss!”

President Taft, wearing a large hat, offers a corn stalk labeled “Excuse, Apology, Explanation, Defense, [and] Persuasion” to a cow labeled “The West” and with a bell labeled “Insurgency” around its neck. The cow is not interested in Taft’s excuses or explanations.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1911-10-11

Creator(s)

Glackens, L. M. (Louis M.), 1866-1933

Laocoon in the toils

Uncle Sam, as Laocoön, is pictured with two men, one labeled “Business” and the other “Labor,” entwined with snakes labeled “Tariff Uncertainty” in front of the U.S. Capitol.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1911-10-11

Creator(s)

Keppler, Udo J., 1872-1956

The Wickersham will git yer if yer don’t – watch – out!

A huge red flying creature labeled “Wickersham,” holding a fork with webbing in one hand and papers labeled “Trust, Dissolution, Sherman Law, [and] Disintegration” in the other, descends on fleeing crowds of men on a city street, possibly Wall Street.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1911-10-18

Creator(s)

Keppler, Udo J., 1872-1956

Daily scene in the Louvre

Patrons of the Musée du Louvre steal paintings and other art objects and walk past museum guards. Caption: A recent inventory of the pictures in the Louvre showed that three hundred and twenty-three canvases were missing. Among the artists included were such masters as Boucher, Carot, Coypel, David, Millet, Vernet, Constable, Reynolds, Lawrence, and Leonardo da Vinci.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1911-10-18

Creator(s)

Ehrhart, S. D. (Samuel D.), approximately 1862-1937

Paste “these are my jewels!”

Two diminutive men labeled “Dix” and “Gaynor” stand in front of a tall woman labeled “Empire State,” who is gesturing toward them. Hanging on the wall in the background is a picture of James S. Sherman.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1911-10-25

Creator(s)

Keppler, Udo J., 1872-1956

The sleeping sickness

A large African man is leaning against a tree, asleep. Several European countries are staking claims to portions of Africa, planting flags labeled “England, Portugal, Belgium, Turkey, Italy, Germany, Spain, [and] France” all around the sleeping man. Caption: Cutting a continent out from under him.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1911-10-25

Creator(s)

Ross, Gordon, 1873-1946

An elephant on his hands

President Taft, as ringmaster of the Political Circus, watches two men labeled “Radical Republican” and “Conservative Republican” who are fighting as they get into a tattered “G.O.P.” elephant costume. Caption: Ringmaster Taft — Hey! Get together in there! / Muffled Voices — That’s what we’re doing!

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1911-11-01

Creator(s)

Glackens, L. M. (Louis M.), 1866-1933

“Oh, pardon me! I mistook you for the deer”

A deer hunter labeled “Wickersham” holds a rifle labeled “Sherman Law.” A deer labeled “Restraint of Trade” runs off into the woods while a man labeled “Legitimate Business” holds his leg where Wickersham shot him.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1911-11-01

Creator(s)

Keppler, Udo J., 1872-1956

The cloud ballet

Three old men sit on a stone wall watching the clouds form beautiful ballerinas dancing a ballet.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1911-11-08

Creator(s)

Ross, Gordon, 1873-1946

“Plague take it! Why doesn’t it stay down when I hit it?”

President Taft stands behind a chair on which a diminutive George W. Wickersham is standing. Wickersham is using a stick labeled “Sherman Law” to beat a toy labeled “Monopoly” on the table in front of him. The toy shows a wealthy businessman holding money bags sitting in a bowl. Hanging on the wall is a “Sectional View” of the toy showing that it is weighted at the bottom with “High Protection,” stating “The Reason Why” it does not stay down when Wickersham hits it.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1911-11-08

Creator(s)

Keppler, Udo J., 1872-1956

“I’ve got my eye on you!”

A woman wearing winter clothing and holding her muff in front of her face has only one eye exposed.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1911-01-04

Creator(s)

Grant, Gordon, 1875-1962

Roosevelt’s guiding spirit

Cartoon of Theodore Roosevelt steering the ship of state to prosperity, guided by the ghost of William McKinley.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site

Creation Date

1904

Creator(s)

Fleming, Thomas, 1853-1931

He’s good enough for me

A cartoon depicting Uncle Sam patting President Roosevelt on the back, endorsing him for a second term as President. This copy is inscribed, “To Mr. Stoddard from Homer Davenport.”

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site

Creation Date

1904

Creator(s)

Davenport, Homer, 1867-1912

Made harmless at last

Theodore Roosevelt stands alongside Grover Cleveland after clipping the Tammany tiger’s claws with “Roosevelt bill” scissors and removing its teeth with “Public Sentiment” pliers.