“Uncle Sam's Thanksgiving Dinner”
Thomas Nast. From Harper's Weekly, November 20, 1869.
Harper’s illustrator, Thomas Nast, imagined this diverse group of people joining Uncle Sam’s dinner table just four years after the close of the Civil War, a time when many Americans were trying to re-envision national identity.
| Metadata | Details |
|---|---|
| Item Type | Magazine Article |
| Title | Uncle Sam's Thanksgiving Dinner |
| Publication Title | Harper's Weekly |
| Short Title | Uncle Sam's Thanksgiving Dinner, 1869 |
| Creator | Thomas Nast |
| Publication Date | November 20, 1869 |
| Volume | Vol. 13 |
| Pages | p. 745 |
| Call Number | folio A 5 .392 |
| Location | General Collections 2nd floor |