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Japanese napkin. : The centennial. : Uncle Sam presents the foreign delegates with a specimen of American energy and enterprise

Description: Image of a crowded cartoon-like scene of Uncle Sam standing with foreign delegates in front of an exhibit hall at the United States Centennial Exhibition held in 1876 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and handing out cartons labeled "Valentine's Varnish"; the foreign delegates are depicted as caricatures including a Chinese man wearing clogs, a Native American Indian and an Eskimo tasting the varnish, a man wearing a German Pickelhaube helmet, the back of a Scottish man in a kilt, and other individuals including men riding a camel, elephant, and giraffe; the goddess Columbia sits in the background at the center top of the building with an American eagle and shield; the image is printed in blue ink on a thin paper napkin with an ornate ivy border.
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Date: approximately 1876
Call number: priJLC_FAIR_001759
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Japanese napkin. : The centennial. : Uncle Sam presents the foreign delegates with a specimen of American energy and enterprise

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