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Another explosion at hand / Keppler ; J. Ottmann Lith. Co., Puck Bldg., N.Y. – Vintage Print

Another explosion at hand / Keppler ; J. Ottmann Lith. Co., Puck Bldg., N.Y., 1900 Sept. 19. — antique lithograph
Another explosion at hand / Keppler ; J. Ottmann Lith. Co., Puck Bldg., N.Y., 1900 Sept. 19.. Antique lithograph from the Balloons collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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Few images capture their era like this antique lithograph of Another explosion at hand / Keppler ; J. Ottmann Lith. Co., Puck Bldg., N.Y.. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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Another explosion at hand / Keppler ; J. Ottmann Lith. Co., Puck Bldg., N.Y.

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This centerfold lithograph from *Puck*'s September 19, 1900 issue casts the presidential campaign as a volatile contest, with its title, "Another explosion at hand," hinting at a blast of political fallout. The cartoon's subjects are William McKinley, the Republican incumbent, and William Jennings Bryan, the Democratic challenger, whose opposition to American imperialism in the Philippines after the Spanish-American War became a central issue that year. Joseph Keppler's weekly, known for elaborate color centerfolds, used such images to skewer both candidates and the policies they represented. McKinley won reelection that November and was assassinated in 1901.

Created / published1900 Sept. 19.
Medium1 print : lithograph, color.
GenreEditorial cartoons 1900.Lithographs Color 1900.
NotesIllus. in: Puck, 1900 Sept. 19, centerfold. Copyright by Keppler & Schwarzmann.
SubjectsBryan, William Jennings,--1860-1925. McKinley, William,--1843-1901. Imperialism--American--1890-1900.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan783 × 1,183 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-219155

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