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Image: Anti-Chinese Wall cartoon Puck 1882

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Description: Title The anti-Chinese wall--The American wall goes up as the Chinese original goes down / F. Grätz. Summary A cartoon showing laborers, among whom are Irishmen, an African American, a Civil War veteran, Italian, Frenchman, and a Jew, building a wall against the Chinese. Congressional mortar is used to mount blocks of prejudice, non-reciprocity, law against race, fear, etc. Across the sea, a ship flying the American flag enters China, as the Chinese knock down their own wall and permit trade of such goods as rice, tea, and silk.
Title: Anti-Chinese Wall cartoon Puck 1882
Credit: Cartoon by Friedrich Grätz (d. 1913) published in Puck, v. 11, no. 264 (29 March 1882). Via Library of Congress website at [1]. Border cropped, contrast adjusted, and image converted from TIF to jpg by uploader to Wikimedia Commons.
Author: Friedrich Graetz
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
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