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Only one standard / Keppler. - Political cartoon, public domain image
Summary
Illustration shows a mob of labor union laborers charging up the steps of the U.S. Capitol, one man carries a flag that states "The (Labor) Union forever! The man who works when we won't, is a traitor - Kill Him! Unions first, wives and children afterward. All men are equal and the man with brains must be kept down"; the man with the flag is fearfully pointing toward Columbia, who is standing defiant with a sword at her side, the "Declaration of Indepencence" in one hand, and the American Flag behind her.
Caption: The Flag of Freedom will never be displaced by the Flag of Slavery.
Illus. in: Puck, v. 52, no. 1340 (1902 November 5), centerfold.
Copyright 1902 by Keppler & Schwarzmann.
Alois Senefelder, the inventor of lithography, introduced the subject of colored lithography in 1818. Printers in other countries, such as France and England, were also started producing color prints. The first American chromolithograph—a portrait of Reverend F. W. P. Greenwood—was created by William Sharp in 1840. Chromolithographs became so popular in American culture that the era has been labeled as "chromo civilization". During the Victorian times, chromolithographs populated children's and fine arts publications, as well as advertising art, in trade cards, labels, and posters. They were also used for advertisements, popular prints, and medical or scientific books.