SUMMARY: Political cartoon showing a Standard Oil tank as an octopus with many tentacles wrapped around the steel, copper, and shipping industries, as well as a state house, the U.S. Capitol, and one tentacle reaching for the White House. Hawaiis annexation resulted in a more aggressive imperialist push that resulted in the Spanish-American War, or the War of 1898, over Cuba. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2010. desire a copy showing color or tint (assuming the original has any), President Harry S. Truman once told Berryman, You are ageless and timeless. Via Library of Congress (LC-USZ62-31799). 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DonateInspector General | Keppler, Udo J., 1872-1956, artist collections in collections The Golden Age of Political Cartoons British and American political cartoons from 18th century. Describe what is happening in this cartoon. The Imperialist Imaginary: Visions of Asia and the Pacific in American Culture. This political cartoon,[1]Keppler, Udo J., Artist. Required fields are marked *. The Art Student's Masterpiece and the Professor's Criticism, Who is to Blame? Yes, the item is digitized. Joseph and Udo Keppler were the father-son powerhouse of satirical cartooning in 19th- and early-20th-century America. The Chapin Library holds four Keppler cartoons, two by Joseph and two by Udo. The hearings exposed corrupt ties between banks and dozens of railroads, manufacturers, and utilities. Press | | surrogate, please fill out a call slip in the Prints and Photographs No, another surrogate does not exist. The other Joseph Keppler print held by Chapin is from about a decade later, in 1887, and is titled No Passage for a Democratic Negro. He changed his name to Joseph Keppler, Jr. in honor of his father. Joseph, the elder, was an Austrian immigrant who cut his teeth on mid-century cartooning for mostly German-language publications in St. Louis and New York City. 3. USA, circa 1904. Cartoonist Joseph Keppler skewered hypocritical, anti-immigrant Americans in this 1893 cartoon from Puck. Hearing glowing accounts from America, young Keppler and his wife decided to emigrate. Political cartoons: Original cartoon drawings, 1896-1942. 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The word Seelenlosigkeit, or soullessness, was a German word that described an affliction that the Nazis attributed to America as a consequence of its degeneration and cultural malaise. This cartoon was made as a Nazi propaganda poster. Summary: Illustration shows a "Standard Oil" storage tank as an octopus with many tentacles wrapped around the steel, copper, and shipping industries, as well as a state house, the U.S. Capitol, and one tentacle reaching for the White House. John D. Rockefellers Standard Oil was one of the biggest and most controversial big businesses of the post-Civil War industrial era. The Treaty of Paris which ended the war, also gifted Puerto Rico to the United States. 03.01.23 ( ) prev next Image 3 of 791. We Germans don't eat food! Required fields are marked *. A third tentacle seems to be hindering the competition from entering the industry (foreground) altogether. Asylum. These territories were relatively close, if not exactly adjacent, to already established United States territory. If an image is displaying, you can download it yourself. MEDIUM: 1 print (2 pages) : lithograph, color. Let us know if you have suggestions to improve this article (requires login). Home / Exhibits / Virtual Exhibits / Art & Politics: 300 Years of Political Cartoons / Political Cartoons, Part 4: 1900-1950. | One of thearms of the octopus are seemingly grabbing at the U.S. Capitol Building, symbolizing the stranglehold Rockefeller had on Congress during this time period. Cuba had been a colony of Spain but, due to its proximity, did a lot of trading with the United States. By 1898, this vision had been seen through and the United States certainly extended from sea to sea. He graduated from the Columbia Institute in 1888, and studied in Germany in 1890 and 1891. Who Won the Race to the North Pole: Cook or Peary? original item when a digital image is available. Mocking a German communication from 1915 in which the Germans referred to themselves as friends of peace, this cartoon satirizes Germanys peaceful claims upon the outbreak of US involvement in World War I. Presidents, senators and even Supreme Court justices come and go, but the (Washington) Monument and Berryman stand., Prohibition Makes Strange BedfellowsMorris, 1927, for the George Matthew Adams Newspaper Service, New York, New York. Brody, David. As result of highly competitive practices, by the 1880s Standard Oil had merged with or driven out of business most of its competitors and controlled 90% of the oil refining business in the U.S. Continue reading jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_322_1_5').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_322_1_5', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top center', relative: true, offset: [-7, 0], }); This seems especially true when depicted in contrast with the children already inside the gates. Continue reading jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_322_1_2').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_322_1_2', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top center', relative: true, offset: [-7, 0], }); of political cartooning from a young age, learning from and working with his father. This specific cartoon was published in 1898, in Puck Magazine which was founded by his father Joseph Keppler Sr. 1917. Puck Magazine 75 items. Keppler, born in 1872, started his career [2]Glassmeyer, Emily. TIFF (3.6mb), View Larger "Guide to the Joseph Keppler Jr. Iroquois Papers, 1882-1944", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Udo_Keppler&oldid=1095717571, This page was last edited on 29 June 2022, at 23:37. Hawaii was annexed as a State in 1898, following the United States overthrowing their monarch Queen Liliuokalani. (1900 Aug. 15), "Next!" Hey, manlike I don't care what it's costingI need it. #8 - Udo Keppler was interesting.it just yells; ".early 1900's" Looking him up, he & his father (who founded it) were the editors of Puck magazine, America's 1st political cartoon/satire magazine. Eperjesi, John. The MagnetJoseph Keppler Jr., 1911, for Puck Magazine, New York, New York, The magnet depicted in this political cartoon is money, and the wielder of the magnet is American financier J. P. Morgan. College Day on the Picket Line. Film, radio, and television, which were all developed during this era, provided new mediums to lampoon and mock political events or figures. To contact Reference staff in the Prints and Photographs Reading Room, Illus. Create a free website or blog at WordPress.com. His parents were bakers, and his talent is said to have first manifested itself in his cake decorations. Teddy Roosevelt as the Face of American Imperialism, Cold War Conflict in Vietnam: 'The Vietnam-Era Presidency'. Martin Luther Roosevelt 1907 April 17., 1907. "Assistance and Sympathy during the Spanish-American War," and the cartoon itself a 1902 commentary on the nation's new found status as a world leader. Udo Keppler, "Next!" (1904) Summary: Illustration shows a "Standard Oil" storage tank as an octopus with many tentacles wrapped around the steel, copper, and shipping industries, as well as a state house, the U.S. Capitol, and one tentacle reaching for the White House. The early 20th Century witnessed the demise of popular magazines such as Judge, Puck, Harpers Weekly, and more (although Punch continued until the 1990s), and political cartoons were overwhelmingly found in newspapers. Udo Keppler, a Puck cartoonist who was still in his twenties at the time, was more benign in his rendering of the great rapprochement. Americas early conquests included the purchase of Alaska from Russia in 1867, the annexation Texas in 1845 after its rebellion from Mexico which resulted in the Mexican-American War and also helped with the addition of the New Mexico territory, and California which was also relinquished by Mexico to the United States in the Mexican-American War. Between 1890 and . If you do not see a thumbnail image or a reference to another [5], After the death of his wife in 1870,[4] Keppler married Pauline Pfau in 1871, the union producing three children, Udo, Irma and Olga. Now Shut Up. 1890s, colonialism, Imperialism, manifest destiny, political cartoon, Uncle Sam, Your email address will not be published. The latest of Chapins Keppler prints, also from Puck, shows Winston Churchill, then the First Lord of the Admiralty, proposing at a congress of European and Asian leaders multilateral disarmament for the then-raging conflict in the Balkans. Although the form of the political cartoon changed little since the days of Thomas Nast, the art styles and subject matter evolved considerably during this period, and produced some of the most famous American political cartoonists of all time, such as Clifford Berryman and Dr. Seuss. Photograph size: 7x12 inches | Ready to frame in any standard size frame | Frame Not Included | Archival Quality Reproduction | Photograph Description: The opening of the Congressional session J. Keppler.