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Udo Keppler

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Caricature of a grinning fireman shoveling bodies into a furnace, coat labeled Criminal Negligence, under a fiery sky.

The fireman

1907

Colored 1907 caricature of feathered figures brandishing weapons around a totem pole while robed observers watch.

All time heap much trouble, wow!!

1907

Colored political cartoon of a man on a boxcar pulling ropes labeled insurgent movement, with a seated reactionary figure wat

The unheeded telltale

1909

Colour cartoon of uniformed men dining at a table of warships while a winged waiter serves trays of guns and battleships.

Every hour is lunch hour at the dreadnought club

1911

Colour caricature of businessmen in an office bargaining with a feathered figure over franchise scrolls for New York City uti

The sale of Manhattan (price not mentioned) - a continuous performance

1909

Colorful 1907 caricature of a Christmas room with a lit tree, a bear figure, and a woman labeled Miss Democracy by a bed.

Same old presents

1907

Colorful 1911 cartoon of a burning building, a figure labeled Knowledge, and a crowd around a table marked Vivisectional Rese

Away with that life-net!

1911

Satirical 1909 cartoon: a dollar-vested tycoon labeled The Trusts beside a fleeing common man, and a gorilla-like monopolist

Monopoly

1909

Colored cartoon of a large elephant with men on its back, a man in a top hat pushing it along a rut labeled The Old Rut.

The leader

1909

Colored cartoon of a grand hotel dining hall with tables reserved for trusts and a Happy New Year banner, two men in evening

New Year’s eve at the hotel prosperity

1909

Colored political cartoon of a German-American man casting a ballot, with McKinley and Roosevelt portraits and a naturalizati

The real German-American

1900

Man in dark suit stands before a swarm of watching eyes labeled with political terms, beside a hanging American flag.

All eyes are on you, Mr. President

1913

Colour cartoon of a Santa figure with a money bag beside a Christmas tree, as a boy labeled Panama receives a toy train.

Christmas on the Isthmus

1903

Colour lithograph of a crowned, bearded man on a stone ledge watching wrecked ships in a storm, with a winged figure beside h

Disappointment

1899

Colour lithograph of a sinking ship among icebergs at night, with a skeletal Death figure looming above and lifeboats on the

Luxuries versus lifeboats

1912

Colored cartoon of an armed woman with a sword marked law and order facing a crowd of rioters before burning buildings.

Justice aroused

1903

Colored caricature of a heavyset man reclining across empty House desks while a presiding figure with a gavel sits beneath a

Extra session of the House of Representatives of the Fifty-fifth Congress

1897

Colored caricature of personified winds, High and Low Pressure figures, and a rain figure above men labeled Inter-State Weath

A summer conference at Oyster Bay

1907

Colored cartoon of an egg-shaped Humpty Dumpty figure labeled Excessive Protection sitting on a brick Tariff Wall above a cro

Humpty Dumpty slips from the wall; Humpty’s due for an awful fall

1913

Chromolithograph of dogs with collars howling at a moon labeled Prosperity, in front of the domed Capitol at night.

The dogs and the moon

1899

Caricature of a giant homesteader in a valley with axe and land grant while small men claim timber, mineral and water rights.

The dummy homesteader; or, the winning of the West

1909

Colorful cartoon of a stout cowboy seated by a covered wagon and campfire, canvas reading Stand-Pat or Bust.

Oh, hell! Nobody loves a fat man!

1910

Colored caricature of Uncle Sam seated with hands on head, surrounded by rival political bands and banners, 1908.

The rival salvationists

1908

Colored caricature of rival clergy crowding a pulpit beneath a stained glass window labeled "Our Thomas", 1905.

The rival pulpiteers

1905

Red devil on a cliff looms over a grey elephant labeled G.O.P. holding a nomination scroll, with DEFEAT written on the sea.

Between the devil and the deep sea

1912

Colour cartoon of Vested Interests holding a glowing lamp as a press figure reads headlines, Aladdin theme, 1907.

Aladdin and the wonderful lamp

1907

Colour cartoon of a bear trainer with a whip and a Party Harmony box, directing bears with caricatured human faces.

The boss bear trainer

1908

Political cartoon of a bearded sphinx labeled Hughes between Senate and Assembly pedestals, with crouching figures in a night

The sphinx and the candidates

1908

Colored cartoon of two crowned giants labeled Predatory Wealth and Predatory Labor above a cheering crowd with flags.

The annual pleasantry

1907

Colored cartoon of a preacher in a tent gesturing with a Bible while seated caricatured men listen beneath a banner.

The Republican evangelist

1910

Colour lithograph of a domed capitol on a cliff, a dragon with a human head in a cave, and a knight with a shield below.

Dragon meat

1908

Colored cartoon of a robed leader on rocks before a Capitol dome, with a crowd climbing toward streams of reform water.

On the way to the promised land

1914