In Nicaragua Stop wriggling brother this only a little present we brought you from the land of the free the home of the brave / Hugo Gellert." – Antique Wall Art
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In Nicaragua Stop wriggling brother this only a little present we brought you from the land of the free the home of the brave / Hugo Gellert."
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The stereo card's caption casts American power as a holiday gift: an older relative tells a squirming child to hold still because the "little present" they brought from "the land of the free, the home of the brave" is Nicaragua. Underwood & Underwood of New York published the card around 1905 or 1906, when the United States was pressing its commercial and political interests in Central America. Stereo cards like this were sold for home viewers, who looked through a viewer at pairs of images, and their captions often turned current events into parlor humor. The Christmas placement on this board makes the joke's sting clear.
| Medium | 1 photographic print on stereo card : stereograph. |
|---|---|
| Notes | New York : Underwood & Underwood, publishers, 1905, c1906. |
| Subjects | No. U-88426. |
| Original scan | 3,272 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-184696 |
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