Edwin Frederick Brotze (1868–1939) was a newspaper illustrator and editorial cartoonist.

[1] He grew up in California, where he went to St Mary's College in Moraga.

It was fashionable around the turn of the century for the wealthy to have themselves caricatured or drawn in books, in the style of the editorial cartoons, as a sign of importance.

[4] The last book was done as a member of the Seattle Cartoonists' Club.

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