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Stephen finding "his mother"

Description: Image of a political cartoon of the goddess Columbia whipping United States presidential candidate Stephen Douglas over her knee with a cat o' nine tails labeled "Maine Law" as Uncle Sam looks on approvingly.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: ©1860
Call number: priJLC_POL_002634
Creator: Last, Jay T(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Jay T. Last, 2005.
Restrictions: Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.

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

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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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An heir to the throne, or the next Republican candidate

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Image of a political cartoon lampooning Republicans' purported support of African American rights during the presidential campaign of 1860; editor Horace Greeley and presidential candidate Abraham Lincoln (resting his elbow on a rail at right) stand on either side of a deformed African man holding a spear featured at P.T. Barnum's Museum as the "What-is-it" as advertised on the wall in background.

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“The nigger” in the woodpile

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Image of a political cartoon parodying Republican efforts to play down the antislavery plank in their platform during the 1860 elections; editor Horace Greeley stands at left reassuring a man identified as "Young America" who points insistently toward Abraham Lincoln at right; presidential candidate Lincoln sits atop a makeshift construction made of rails marked "Republican Platform" which imprisons a grinning African American man.

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Old America

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Image of Uncle Sam holding an orange in one hand while leaning against a stone pillar; three large oranges with blossoms at right.

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Eureka wringer

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Image of an advertisement for the Eureka wringer; image of wringer and wash tub at center in circular frame; two monkeys wring out wet fabric by hand over a wooden wash tub while a house cat looks on at left; two monkeys force an oversized snarling cat through a wringer over a wash tub causing its tail to bleed at right; decorative border.

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The great exhibition of 1860

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Image of a political cartoon satirizing the antislavery orientation of the Republican platform during the presidential election of 1860; abolitionist editor Horace Greeley (left) grinds his New York "Tribune" organ as candidate Abraham Lincoln (center, riding on a wooden rail) prances to the organ music while tethered with a cord to Greeley's index finger with his lips padlocked shut; William H. Seward stands in the background wearing a skirt and holding a wailing black infant; at right stand two other New York editors friendly to the Republican cause: Henry J. Raymond of the "New York Times" holding an ax, and James Watson Webb of the New York "Courier and Enquirer" holding out a tambourine.

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Stephen finding "his mother"

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