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William Allen Rogers
William Allen Rogers

William Allen Rogers

American, 1854-1931
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William Allen Rogers was an American political cartoonist born in Springfield, Ohio.

He studied at the Worcester Polytechnic Institute and Wittenberg College, but never graduated. Rogers taught himself to draw and began submitting political cartoons to Midwestern newspapers in his teens. At the age of fourteen, his first cartoons appeared in a Dayton, Ohio-based newspaper, to which Rogers' mother had earlier submitted a selection of his sketches.

The start of Rogers' career as an illustrator came in 1873 when he was hired by the Daily Graphic in New York. He was nineteen years old at the time. Rogers' job at the Daily Graphic was to help out with the news sketches and at times draw cartoons.

In 1877, he was hired by Harper's Weekly to draw the magazine's political cartoons after the departure of Thomas Nast. The cartoons were dramatic adjuncts that illustrated the magazine's editorials. Walt Reed, author of The Illustrator in America: 1860-2000, writes that while Rogers cartoons "never quite approached Nast's in power, his ideas were strongly presented and his drawings somewhat more skillful." Rogers remained at Harper's Weekly for twenty-five years, and lived in St. George, Staten Island.

After leaving Harper's Weekly, Rogers was hired by the New York Herald, where he drew cartoons daily for a total of twenty years. He occasionally worked for Life too, and submitted cartoons and illustrations for Puck, The Century Magazine, and St. Nicholas Magazine.

Rogers retired as a cartoonist in 1926 while working for the Washington Post. He died in Washington, D.C. in 1931.

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Chinamen confined within the Chinese quarter, cooking their meals

Chinamen confined within the Chinese quarter, cooking their meals (1900)

William Allen Rogers (American, 1854-1931)
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Challenge

Challenge (1904)

William Allen Rogers (American, 1854-1931)
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At least we know what flag they are fighting under

At least we know what flag they are fighting under (1915)

William Allen Rogers (American, 1854-1931)
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A Sicilian café in New York

A Sicilian café in New York (1889)

William Allen Rogers (American, 1854-1931)
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A sensitive plant

A sensitive plant (1916)

William Allen Rogers (American, 1854-1931)
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A pretty good league to enforce peace

A pretty good league to enforce peace (1918)

William Allen Rogers (American, 1854-1931)
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A moving picture

A moving picture (1915)

William Allen Rogers (American, 1854-1931)
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A little practical railroading

A little practical railroading (1906)

William Allen Rogers (American, 1854-1931)
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Now, altogether

Now, altogether (1917)

William Allen Rogers (American, 1854-1931)
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Father Knick–will this do

Father Knick–will this do (1900)

William Allen Rogers (American, 1854-1931)
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Grand completion of the Broadway elevated system

Grand completion of the Broadway elevated system (1887)

William Allen Rogers (American, 1854-1931)
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He isn’t climbing out of the window, however

He isn’t climbing out of the window, however (1908)

William Allen Rogers (American, 1854-1931)
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He strives to please

He strives to please (1906)

William Allen Rogers (American, 1854-1931)
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Indian mother and baby-wigwam

Indian mother and baby-wigwam (1898)

William Allen Rogers (American, 1854-1931)
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Invasion of Belgium by the ‘uncultured’

Invasion of Belgium by the ‘uncultured’ (1914)

William Allen Rogers (American, 1854-1931)
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Late election returns

Late election returns (1905)

William Allen Rogers (American, 1854-1931)
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Louder, Bill!

Louder, Bill! (1908)

William Allen Rogers (American, 1854-1931)
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Now for a round-up

Now for a round-up (1918)

William Allen Rogers (American, 1854-1931)
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Decoration day in Washington

Decoration day in Washington (1916)

William Allen Rogers (American, 1854-1931)
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Red Cross nurse standing at the railing of a ship, has a vision of wounded soldiers across a stormy sea

Red Cross nurse standing at the railing of a ship, has a vision of wounded soldiers across a stormy sea (1914)

William Allen Rogers (American, 1854-1931)
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Rough on the man below

Rough on the man below (1903)

William Allen Rogers (American, 1854-1931)
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The breath of the Hun

The breath of the Hun (1918)

William Allen Rogers (American, 1854-1931)
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The double sixes of innocence

The double sixes of innocence (1912)

William Allen Rogers (American, 1854-1931)
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The first spadeful

The first spadeful (1903)

William Allen Rogers (American, 1854-1931)
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The great American Durbar

The great American Durbar (1905)

William Allen Rogers (American, 1854-1931)
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The Jewish Quarter, Boston

The Jewish Quarter, Boston (1899)

William Allen Rogers (American, 1854-1931)
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The peacemaker at work

The peacemaker at work (1905)

William Allen Rogers (American, 1854-1931)
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The real leader

The real leader (1900-1912)

William Allen Rogers (American, 1854-1931)
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