Content note: Japanese figures drawn as crows in military caps (1907 cartoon). This object is shown as it was published. Why
"The Scarecrow of the Pacific" (Puck, 1907)
Centerfold in which an eagle carries an Uncle Sam scarecrow built from battleships across the Pacific toward a shore marked "Japan", where crows in military caps scatter under a rising sun. The fleet's voyage is drawn as a device to frighten Japan, at the height of the 1907 war scare.
- Date
- October 16, 1907
- Period
- Pre-1914
- Made by
- Puck magazine (Keppler & Schwarzmann)
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Cartoon
- Issuer type
- Media
- Leader
- Theodore Roosevelt
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Persuade or win support
- Techniques
- Fear appeal
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, retrieved October 2, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain (published in the U.S. in 1907; LOC: no known restrictions on publication)
"The scarecrow of the Pacific", Puck v. 62 no. 1598, 16 October 1907, centerfold (Keppler & Schwarzmann); LC-DIG-ppmsca-26211
Text on the object
PUCK [sand lettering on the shore] JAPAN THE SCARECROW OF THE PACIFIC. [lower left imprint, too small to read] [illegible]
Read from the 1024 px Library of Congress service image.
