File:Great White Fleet return2.jpg

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Description "Welcome home!" Political cartoon noting the return of the Great White Fleet to its home port at Hampton Roads, Virginia after a two year world tour, with caricatures of Uncle Sam, George Washington, and Theodore Roosevelt. Pen and ink drawing, ran on Page 4 of the New York Herald, February 22, 1909.
Date Published Feb. 22, 1909
Source Library of Congress[1]
Author
William Allen Rogers  (1854–1931)  wikidata:Q8004359
 
William Allen Rogers
Alternative names
W. A. Rogers; William Allen
Description American visual artist, illustrator and editorial cartoonist
Date of birth/death 23 May 1854 Edit this at Wikidata 20 October 1931 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Springfield Washington, D.C.
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creator QS:P170,Q8004359
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