 | "Reception Polka," sheet music cover, published at the time of the arrival of Hungarian revolutionary Louis Kossuth in New York, Dec. 6, 1851. Scene represents Kossuth's being welcomed by crowds in front of the Irving House, on west side of Broadway. Courtesy of The Museum of the City of New York, 1220 Fifth Ave. at 103rd St., New York, NY 10029. Our thanks to the Museum. In John A. Kouwenhoven, Columbia Historical Portrait of New York, 1953, p. 223. 8.12.7 |
 | Cartoon of Uncle Sam hosting Christmas dinner with all nationalities. Date unknown. Puck Magazine. In Bernard A. Weisberger, The American Heritage History of the American People, 1971, pp. 194-5. 8.12.7 |
 | Immigration cartoon protesting discriminatory immigration laws. Those not qualifying for entrance: Jesus Christ, Abraham Lincoln, Joan of Arc, George Washington. c. 1913. Art Young cartoon. The Masses, c. 1913. Courtesy of Dr. J.L. Slater, Colgate University, Hamilton, NY. In Eds. of Time-Life Books, This Fabulous Century, 1910-20, 1970, pp. 124-5. 8.12.7 |
 | Ad, South Dakota. By dispossessing the Indians of land previously guaranteed them by treaty, the new states of the mid- and far west could build up their populations and develop their resources. In 1890 South Dakota increased its attractions by opening the Sioux Reservation to settlement, and set about wooing immigrants with offers of free land and the natural wealth of the region. The open book with its statistical records, the scroll illustrating public institutions, and the plaque showing local industries all demonstrate civic pride. Scots, French, Turks, all crowd forward to make their new homes there. 1890. Forbes. Aug. 16, 1890. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, DC 20540. LC-USZC4-1267. 8.12.7, 11.2.2 |
 | "It is happening every day," cartoon, 1906. Skepticism about the immigrants' ability to make a decent living changes to surprise. Puck, 1906. In Wayne Moquin, ed., Makers of America, Vol. 7, William Benton, Publisher, 1971, p. 223. 8.12.7 |
 | "The anti-Chinese wall. The American wall goes up as the Chinese original goes down." Recent immigrants now work to exclude the Chinese. Captions on bricks: Jealousy, Competition, Law Against Race, Congressional Blunders, Anti-Low Wages, Non-Reciprocity, Un-American, Fear, Prejudice. Caption on tub: Congressional Mortar. Friedrich Graetz cartoon. Puck, March 29, 1882. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, DC 20540. LC-USZC4-4138. In Wayne Moquin, ed., Makers of America, Vol. 4, William Benton, Publisher, 1971, p. 76. 8.12.7 |
 | One American attitude toward immigrants - a noble and idealized representation, as they are aboard ship leaving for the U.S. 1857. Harper's Weekly, 1857. In T. Harry Williams, A History of the United States, 1964, p. 464. 8.12.7 |
 | "The Modern Moses," 1881. Light on the right hand side is labelled "Western Homes." Uncle Sam parting the Red Sea of Intolerance and Oppression. Opper/Keppler cartoon. Puck, 1881. In Mary And Gordon Campbell, The Pen, Not the Sword, Aurora Publishers, Inc., Nashville, 1970, p. 99. 8.12.7 |
 | "Welcome to All!" This cartoon of 1880 expresses the American's image of his country's immigration policies. Caption above Uncle Sam: U.S. Ark of Refuge. Caption on small sign: Free education, free land, free speech, free ballot, free lunch. J. Keppler cartoon. Puck, April 28, 1880. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, DC 20540. LC-USZC4-954. In Wayne Moquin, ed., Makers of America, Vol. 5, William Benton, Publisher, 1971, p. 10. 8.12.7 |
 | "Looking Backward." "They desire to ban the newest arrivals from the bridge over which they and theirs arrived." 1893. Cartoon pleads for allowing the new immigrants in. Five affluent men: an Englishman (former stable man); a German Jew (old self a notions peddler); an Irishman (in garb of Irish countryman and worker); a German hobo and, probably, a Scandinavian - have forgotten their own humble beginnings. Joseph Keppler cartoon. Puck, Jan. 11, 1893. In The Distorted Image, 1850-1922, Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith, 1973. 8.12.7 |
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