Puck Magazine Illustration - Harris and Ewing, Washington, D.C.
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A painting of a man standing on top of a mountain, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection
Portraits and news photographs by Washington, D.C.-based firm, showing people, events, architecture in Washington, D.C. and elsewhere.
Illustration shows the Spirit of the Forest talking to Uncle Sam, pointing to denuded hillsides as a result of the tariffs on the import of lumber and wood pulp.
Caption: The Spirit of the Forest Will you wait until then to admit lumber free?
Illus. in: Puck, v. 65, no. 1681 (1909 May 19), 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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