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The overcrowded raft / Kep. - Political cartoon, public domain image
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Illustration shows many young women trying to find space on a raft labeled "Living Wages" in a stormy sea labeled "Sea of Want" that is infested with sharks labeled "Prostitution" and "Disease"; a ship labeled "The Home" sails away in the background beneath storm clouds labeled "Misfortune".
Caption: While there are more applicants than jobs the working-girls' grim struggle will continue.
Illus. in: Puck, v. 73, no. 1884 (1913 April 9), centerfold.
Copyright 1913 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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