Dives and Lazarus / Keppler. - Political cartoon, public domain image

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Dives and Lazarus / Keppler. - Political cartoon, public domain image

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Illustration shows a fat man labeled "Monopoly" feasting on a large piece of meat labeled "Alaska Natural Resources" while a beggar labeled "American Homesteader" lies at his feet asking only for the morsals that fall from the table.

Caption: "Fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man's table."
Illus. in: Puck, v. 68, no. 1759 (1910 November 16), centerfold.
Copyright 1910 by Keppler & Schwarzmann.

Udo J. Keppler, known from 1894 as Joseph Keppler Jr., was an American political cartoonist, publisher, and Native American advocate. The son of cartoonist Joseph Keppler (1838–1894), who founded Puck magazine, the younger Keppler also contributed cartoons, and became co-owner of the magazine after his father's death, when he changed his name to Joseph Keppler. He was also a collector of Native American artifacts, and was adopted by the Seneca Nation, where he became an honorary chief and given the name Gyantwaka.

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01/01/1910
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Keppler, Udo J., 1872-1956, artist
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