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Back to the woods / Kep. - Drawing. Public domain image.

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Illustration shows William Jennings Bryan walking along railroad tracks, following a sign "To Salt River" (on the 1896 free silver dime), he is dragging a carpet bag which contains a gold cross, crown of thorns, bellows, and possibly a megaphone, following him are Arthur Brisbane who is carrying a doll-like William Randolph Hearst, James K. Jones, Charles A. Towne, Richard F. Pettigrew, and Gardner F. Williams.

Illus. in: Puck, v. 55, no. 1429 (1904 July 20), centerfold.
Copyright 1904 by Keppler & Schwarzmann.

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01/01/1904

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Keppler, Udo J., 1872-1956, artist

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