Image of the cover of The Daily Graphic newspaper for Tuesday, March 16, 1875, featuring "Aunt Columbia" showing a reclining "Uncle Sam" a baby in celebration of the state of Colorado joining the United States; eagle perched on a bowl for "the bird of freedom" at bottom left; American flag umbrella against the wall at right. "Vol. VII. All the News. Four Editions Daily. New York, Tuesday, March 16, 1875. $12 Per Year in Advance. Single Copies, Five Cents. No. 629."--text, top margin. "Aunt Columbia (to Uncle Sam) -- "Here's the baby, Uncle; isn't he pretty? Yes, he was a nice 'ittle hootsy-tootsy of a Colorado, so he was! Uncle Sam -- "The family's getting pretty large, that's a fact, but I guess Uncle Sam is rich enough to give 'em all a farm.""--text, bottom center margin.
Type
image
Extent
1 engraving : hand colored ; overall 52.39 x 35.88 cm (20 5/8 x 14 1/8 in.)
Babies--Pictorial works Columbia (Symbolic character)--Pictorial works Eagles--Pictorial works Uncle Sam (Symbolic character)--Pictorial works Intaglio prints--Color--1875-1900. (gmgpc)
Source
Jay T. Last Collection Politics & Social Issues Large Size The Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History, Huntington Digital Library
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