Amicable relations - Drawing. Public domain image.

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The English lion and Russian bear, both dressed as women, watch enviously as a young Uncle Sam and a young female figure of Germany walk toward conjoined U.S. and German eagles, which shine above them.
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Signed, lower right: TE Powers.
Bequest and gift; Caroline and Erwin Swann; 1974; (DLC/PP-1974:232.527)
Powers' cartoon appears to represent a period of amicable relations between Germany and the United States, prior to World War I.
Forms part of: Caroline and Erwin Swann collection of caricature and cartoon (Library of Congress).

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Amicable Relations

Undetermined city, Germany/Russia

A photograph depicting Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany meeting with Tsar Nicholas II of Russia aboard a ship. The image captures a moment of apparent cordiality between the two leaders before the tensions that would lead to World War I.

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01/01/1912
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Contributors

Powers, Thomas E., 1870-1939, artist
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Location

Library of Congress38.88845, -77.00442
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