Uncle Sam: Them fellers over there want to disarm but none of 'em dast do it first!"" – Historic Reproduction
(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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This rare historic drawing captures Uncle Sam: Them fellers over there want to disarm but none of 'em dast do it first!"" in remarkable detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Uncle Sam: Them fellers over there want to disarm but none of 'em dast do it first!""
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Clubb's 1906 drawing puts Uncle Sam in the middle of a disarmament debate, and the joke rests on the dialect of its title: the "fellers over there" want to lay down arms, but none of them "dast" go first. The cartoon was drawn in India ink over pencil, with the artist's signature and year in the lower left. Its context is Theodore Roosevelt's push for arms reduction, which led him in 1904 to propose a second Hague Peace Conference. That meeting did not convene until 1907, delayed in part by the Russo-Japanese War, so the cartoon captures a moment when good intentions were stalled by mutual suspicion.
| Created / published | 1906 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 drawing : India ink over pencil, with scraping out on bristol board ; 51.2 x 43.1 cm. (sheet) |
| Genre | Drawings American 1910-1920.Editorial cartoons American 1910-1920.Periodical illustrations American 1910-1920. |
| Notes | No copyright information found with item. Signed, lower left: Clubb / [club logogram] / '06. Title inscribed in pencil below image. Bequest and gift; Caroline and Erwin Swann; 1974; (DLC/PP-1974:232.901) The escalating tension in Europe led to President Theodore Roosevelt strongly advocating arms reduction. In 1904, further encouraging the idea, he proposed a second Hague Peace Conference. His proposal was accepted by other world leaders but the actual Conference did not take place until 1907 due to the ongoing Russo-Japanese War. |
| Subjects | Uncle Sam (Symbolic character)--1900-1910. Arms control--1900-1910. International relations--1900-1910. Military policy--United States--1900-1910. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,289 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-156114 |
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