#frederick opper

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Frederick Opper Museum of Wonders

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Frederick Opper (1857-1937) "Down Wid Toyrunts! No More Irish Paupers Wanted In The U.S." William Randolph Hearst's "New York Journal." c. 1885

Irish on the east coast, Chinese on the west, there’s always been someone to resent. This is FoxNews, late 19th C.

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Happy Hooligan Hearst

April 9, 1904

Thomas Taggart beats William Hearst up for trying to get cozy with Aunty Democracy, while Brother Gus Parker propositions Aunty in the corner. Brother Montmorency Bryan chastises Hearst as well.

The caption reads "Brother Montmorency Bryan was just introducing him to Aunty Democracy when the policeman butted in." The signature in the corner reads “ Apologies to F. Opper”

The cartoon is a reference to the Democratic party at the time, Hearst had just failed to capture any delegates in the Democratic primary in Indiana, where Taggart was political boss. Alton B. Parker instead took the delegates. The cartoon is in the style of the comic strip Happy Hooligan, by Frederick Opper.

See Also: William Randolph Hearst; Alton Parker; William Jennings Bryan; Thomas Taggart

From Hennepin County Library

Original available at: https://digitalcollections.hclib.org/digital/collection/Bart/id/4481

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1902 sheet music for a song based on Frederick Burr Opper’s Happy Hooligan, by Victor Vogel and Byron Stillman

You can see the comlete sheet music through John Hopkins University Sheriden Libraries

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Several truly terrifying vintage Happy Hooligan toys

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Posters for vaudeville show adaptations of Frederick Burr Opper’s The Happy Hooligan

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The Happy Hooligan (1904), by Frederick Burr Opper

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Poster for a vaudeville show adaptation of Frederick Burr Opper’s The Happy Hooligan