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Political cartoon scanned by Infrogmation from 1898 book re Spanish–American War .

"Ten Thousand Miles From Tip to Tip" meaning the extension of United States domination (symbolized by a bald eagle ) from Puerto Rico to the Philippines . The cartoon contrasts this with a map of the smaller United States of 100 years earlier in 1798.
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1898 cartoon "Ten Thousand Miles from Tip to Tip"

Originally published in the 19th century.

Scanned by Infrogmation via book "War in the Philippines" by Marshall Everet where it is attributed as being reprinted from the "Philadelphia Press". Uploaded by Infrogmation to en.wikipedia 2002-11-08 description page is/was here .
Author Artist's signature not legible; attributed to "Philadelphia Press"
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