"A Trifle Embarrassed"

Title

"A Trifle Embarrassed"

Subject

New Territories of the United States

Description

Uncle Sam and Columbia standing at the entrance to the "U.S. Foundling Asylum" as a basket of crying children labeled "Puerto Rico, Cuba, Hawaii, [and] Philippine" is presented to them by a pair of arms representing "Manifest Destiny". Inside the courtyard behind the walls of the asylum are four children labeled "Texas, New Mexico, California [and] Alaska" playing together.

Creator

Keppler, Udo J.(1872-1956)

Source

http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2012647587/

Publisher

N.Y. : Published by Keppler & Schwarzmann

Date

1898 August 3.

Rights

Rights belong to Keppler & Schwarzmann

Format

879 x 569 pixels

Type

Still Image/Political Cartoon

Identifier

United States/Post Spanish-American War

Coverage

United States/Alaska/California/New Mexico/Hawai'i/Texas/Puerto Rico/Phillipines/Cuba

Files

manifest03.jpg

Citation

Keppler, Udo J.(1872-1956), “"A Trifle Embarrassed",” The Struggle for Puerto Rican Autonomy, accessed March 28, 2024, https://aguil079.omeka.net/items/show/9.