Louis Raemaekers (1869-1956) was a cartoonist. His publications include Another peace conference (1912), America in the war (1918), and Raemaekers' cartoon history of the war (1918-19). The collection consists of reproductions of anti-German political cartoons originally published in the Netherlands by Raemaekers during World War I.

Raemaekers was born on April 6, 1869 in Roermond, Netherlands; States diploma, Art School of Amsterdam, 1891; was director of Art and Craft School, 1895; became professor of Horticultural High School (1896), Agricultural High School (1898), and Ryks Hoogere Burger School (1899) in Wageningen; in 1913, gave up teaching to become a cartoonist; was decorated Officier Legion d'Honneur (France), Chevalier Ordre de Leopold, Commander of the Order of the Crown (Belgium), and Officer of the Order of Orange Nassau (Netherlands); came to the U.S. in 1940; publications include Another peace conference (1912), The Great War: a neutral's indictment (1916), America in the war (1918), and Raemaekers' cartoon history of the war (1918-19); he died in 1956.

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