Uncle Sam's Christmas--1902 / W.A. Rogers. – Vintage Print
(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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Uncle Sam's Christmas--1902 / W.A. Rogers.
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Uncle Sam, the personification of the United States government, is the figure at the center of this Christmas cartoon, which pairs him with a Christmas tree in a holiday setting. W.A. Rogers drew it for the December 6, 1902, issue of *Harper's Weekly*, one of the leading illustrated magazines of the day, where political cartoons on current affairs ran alongside news and fiction. Editorial cartoons of this period often used familiar symbols like Uncle Sam to comment on national conditions, and the title's reference to economic and social conditions suggests the holiday serves as a frame for a commentary on the country's state at the turn of the century.
| Created / published | 1902 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print. |
| Genre | Editorial cartoons 1900-1910.Prints 1900-1910. |
| Notes | Illus. in: Harper's weekly, vol. XLVI, no. 2398, 1902 Dec. 6, p. 23. |
| Subjects | Uncle Sam (Symbolic character)--1900-1910. Christmas trees--1900-1910. Economic & social conditions--United States--1900-1910. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 912 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-169532 |
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