Uncle Sam, shown as an old farmer protecting his plants, a metaphor to represent international politics, with Germany trying to mess about in the affairs of U.S. colonial/influence sites Cuba, Mexico, South America, and Porto Rico. Sign: "Monroe Doctrine / Keep Out of /This Melon Patch." Caption: "But He Won't / Willie Hohenzollern would like to hook that melon."



Artist: Wm. H. Walker

Source: Tom Harris, collector/seller, on eBay as tabasco_life

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Uncle Sam, shown as an old farmer protecting his plants, a metaphor to represent international politics, with Germany trying to mess about in the affairs of U.S. colonial/influence sites Cuba, Mexico, South America, and Porto Rico. Sign: "Monroe Doctrine / Keep Out of /This Melon Patch." Caption: "But He Won't / Willie Hohenzollern would like to hook that melon."



Artist: Wm. H. Walker

Source: Tom Harris, collector/seller, on eBay as tabasco_life

Restoration by: magscanner