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1871 lest we forget! 1901
Uniform Title
Who stole the people's money?
Title
1871 lest we forget! 1901 / Th. Nast.
Publication
[United States] : [publisher not identified], [1901]
Physical Description
1 postcard : lithograph, black and white ; 9 x 14 cm
Medium
paper
ink
lithography
Local Notes
BEIN BrSides Box 2021 74: Stamp on verso: Yale University Library, Apr 6 1943. Card is unused.
Notes
Title from caption above image.
"Compliments of the Associated Republicans of the 19th Assembly Dist."
A postcard, with image on recto. Image is a republication of Thomas Nast's 1871 cartoon "Who stole the people's money?," showing prominent members of the Tammany Ring pointing fingers at each other in a circle of blame. The four most prominent figures shown are (left to right): William "Boss" Tweed, Peter Sweeny, Richard Connolly, and Abraham Oakey Hall. Verso of card is undivided, with a pre-printed postal image of Thomas Jefferson and the phrases "Postal card - one cent" and "United States of America."
Variant and related titles
Lest we forget!
Format
Images
Language
English
Added to Catalog
January 25, 2021
Subjects
Genre/Form
Lithographs.
Postcards.
Also listed under
United States.
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