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The man highest up / Keppler. - Political cartoon, public domain image
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Illustration shows a large flaming hand labeled "Guilt" emerging from dark clouds pointing to a man's downfall as the institutions labeled "Business Reputation, Financial Standing, Social Position, Respectability, [and] Church Membership" that he has worked to build up crumble as lightning bolts labeled "Public Enlightenment", revealing his corrupt practices, strike them.
Caption: The old-time defenses no longer defend him.
Illus. in: Puck, v. 65, no. 1665 (1909 January 27), centerfold.
Copyright 1909 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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