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The magic washer, manufactured by Geo. Dee, Dixon, Illinois. The Chinese must go – Vintage Print

The magic washer, manufactured by Geo. Dee, Dixon, Illinois. The Chinese must go, Chicago : Shober & Carqueville Lith Co., c1886. — antique lithograph
The magic washer, manufactured by Geo. Dee, Dixon, Illinois. The Chinese must go, Chicago : Shober & Carqueville Lith Co., c1886.. Antique lithograph from the Historic Print Archive collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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The magic washer, manufactured by Geo. Dee, Dixon, Illinois. The Chinese must go comes to life in this antique lithograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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A lithograph advertising the Magic Washer, made by Geo. Dee of Dixon, Illinois, ties a laundry machine to politics: its slogan, "The Chinese must go," appears beside a figure of Uncle Sam. Chinese immigrants had long worked in American laundries, and the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 barred further Chinese laborers from entering the country. Printed around 1886 by Shober & Carqueville of Chicago, the sheet shows how manufacturers pitched labor-saving devices by linking them to anti-Chinese sentiment of the day.

Created / publishedChicago : Shober & Carqueville Lith Co., c1886.
Medium1 print : lithograph, color.
GenreAdvertisements 1880-1890.Lithographs Color 1880-1890.
Notes30704R U.S. Copyright Office Office.
SubjectsUncle Sam (Symbolic character)--1880-1890. Chinese--Civil rights--1880-1890. Race discrimination--United States--1880-1890.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,096 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-114546

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