Photo of Puck,Anti-Chinese Wall,1882,Graetz,Boundary Wall,Laborers,Prejudice
Title: The anti-Chinese wall / F. Graetz.
Creator(s): Graetz, F. (Friedrich), ca. 1840-ca. 1913, artist
Date Created/Published: N.Y. : Published by Keppler & Schwarzmann, 1882 March 29.
Summary: Print shows Uncle Sam using 'Congressional Mortar' and building blocks carried by ethnic workers to construct a wall with the stones are labeled 'Law against Race, Prejudice, Jealousy, Competition, Fear, Anti Low Wages, Non-Reciprocity, [and] Congressional Blunders'. Across a river, in the background, Chinese workers work with picks to dismantle the Great Wall, as China opens its doors to trading with the West.
Notes:
Title from item.
Caption: The American wall goes up as the Chinese original goes down.
Illus. from Puck, v. 11, no. 264, (1882 March 29), centerfold.
Copyright 1882 by Keppler & Schwarzmann.
Subjects:
Uncle Sam (Symbolic character)--1880-1890.
Boundary walls--1880-1890.
Prejudice--1880-1890.
Laborers--1880-1890.
Construction--1880-1890.
Great Wall of China (China)--1880-1890.
Cartoons (Commentary)--1880-1890.
Chromolithographs--Color--1880-1890.
Periodical illustrations--1880-1890.
Bookmark /2012645635/
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