George Frederick Keller (1846–?) was a cartoonist active in California, known as the primary illustrator of the San Francisco satirical magazine '' The Wasp''. Born in Prussia, he emigrated to the United States and fought in the U.S. Civil War, settling in California around 1870. He apprenticed to lithographer George Baker, where his first job was lithographing colorful cigar box labels. He joined ''The Wasp'', also founded by Prussian immigrants, with its first issue, debuting in August 1876. Some of his work reflected the anti-Chinese and

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of late 19th-Century San Francisco in highly racialized stereotypes, depicting Chinese as rat-like invaders, Irish as Neanderthals, and Jews as hook-nosed moneylenders. Keller's final cartoon was published June 30, 1883, after which he left the San Francisco area "and was never heard from again". A Liliput Kingdom For Sale Cheap, The Wasp, 1881.jpg, "A Liliput Kingdom For Sale Cheap" (1881), depicts King Kalākaua auctioning the Hawaiian Islands off to the highest bidder What Shall We Do with Our Boys, by George Frederick Keller, published in The Wasp on March 3, 1882 - Oakland Museum of California - DSC05171.JPG, "What Shall We Do with Our Boys?" (1882) portrays a stereotypical Chinese worker as contributing to white American unemployment The Curse of California.jpg, "The Curse of California" (1882) depicts the

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monopoly as an octopus controlling a variety of industries 1880 South Pacific Coast Railroad Accident.jpg, "Terrible and Fatal Railroad Accident near Santa Cruz, May 23, 1880"

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* 1846 births Year of death missing Artists from San Francisco American editorial cartoonists Prussian emigrants to the United States 19th-century American artists {{US-cartoonist-stub