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Jean Pfaelzer – Sat. July 2 Smithsonian Folklife Festival
If you are in the D.C. area celebrating our nation’s independence, take a moment to visit the “On the Move” tent at the Smithsonian Museum to hear Jean Pfaelzer talk about the Chinese experience in...
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New federal law removes “Oriental” as descriptor
Obama has signed into law a U.S. House and Senate law removing terms as “oriental,” “negro,” “Indian,” and others from use as terms to describe people. It’s about time. People are not vases or rugs....
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Aren’t Irish White?
Originally posted on Marmalade: I think it cannot be maintained by any candid person that the African race have ever occupied or do promise ever to occupy any very high place in the human family. Their...
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Thomas Nast’s passport
I came across this fascinating site from Princeton University’s Graphic Arts blog. They got a hold of Nast 1860 European passport. Before the Civil War and employment with Harper’s Weekly Nast and as...
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New Nast Chinese image surfaces
Rare Nast watercolor features a possible self portrait Through this website, I received an inquiry from Susan M., who recently acquired a small watercolor image, signed in print script, by T. Nast....
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Introducing Cartoon Corner
At the suggestion of many, occasional posts on this website will feature contemporary political cartoons and a discussion about them. I consider this website an academic one, and have steered away from...
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“Political Capitol and Compound Interest” 1880
Like the year before, 1880 was not a good one for presidential hopeful James G. Blaine. Thomas Nast went after the Republican senator from Maine with a visual vengeance. Nast broke his allegiance with...
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The Chinese Exclusion Act – a documentary
A new film by Ric Burns and Li-Shin Yu and scheduled to appear on PBS American Experience in May. For more about this film visit caamedia.org Filed under: Chinese Exclusion, Chinese Stereotypes, Talks,...
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NPR Podcast “Hidden Brain” looks at immigration history
American attitudes about immigration are often in conflict. Studying our history of immigration and attitudes toward immigrants reveals we have short memories and immigrants, once established and...
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A fascinating history of the United States’ relationship with China. Although the early Chinese U.S. immigrants toiled in the gold mines and contributed labor to railroads, and while they were...
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Article Thomas Nast often used Columbia and ladies Liberty and Justice in his most important cartoons. See Power of the Cartoon Cover for examples of how Nast and his successors used the American...
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Columbia (American Minerva) and the Fasces in “Reconstruction” for Equal...
Honored to be quoted and referenced in this article. Columbia, and symbols like her, continue to fascinate. America has always had its moments when her citizenry needed to be reminded of her values....
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Caricature’s searing ability to stun
The New Yorker, famous for its illustrated magazine covers, an honor and position Nast frequently attained at Harper’s Weekly, recently published a cover about the Trump Administration’s reaction to...
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Power of the Cartoon Cover
On Monday, December 7, 2015, Bill Bramhall, editorial cartoonist for the New York Daily News published the following image of presidential candidate Donald J. Trump, in response to Trump’s announced...
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“Political Capitol and Compound Interest” 1880
“Political Capitol and Compound Interest” – 31 January 1880 by Thomas Nast for Harper’s Weekly. Source: UDel-Walfred Like the year before, 1880 was not a good one for presidential hopeful James G....
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