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- "As Thousands Cheer," October 15, 1934 - <i>As Thousands Cheer</i> was a 1933 Broadway musical revue. Every sketch or song in the show is framed as "a newspaper column" and comments on Depression-Era popular culture. The musical was a star vehicle for singer and actress Ethel Waters-- the first Black American to receive equal billing with white co-stars in Broadway history.
- October 15, 1934
- Collections - Artifact
"As Thousands Cheer," October 15, 1934
As Thousands Cheer was a 1933 Broadway musical revue. Every sketch or song in the show is framed as "a newspaper column" and comments on Depression-Era popular culture. The musical was a star vehicle for singer and actress Ethel Waters-- the first Black American to receive equal billing with white co-stars in Broadway history.
- "Feiffer on Civil Rights," 1966 -
- 1966
- Collections - Artifact
"Feiffer on Civil Rights," 1966
- Wood Engraving, "What We Worship 'Oh! Bless Us with All These Things!,' circa 1875 - Thomas Nast (1840-1902) was an influential illustrator and political cartoonist. Though he is best known for the creation of our modern image of Santa Claus, Nast also used his drawings to comment -- sometimes critically -- on American society. This engraving, originally printed in the July 3, 1869, issue of <em>Harper's Bazar</em>, depicts Americans worshiping at the altar of materialism.
- circa 1875
- Collections - Artifact
Wood Engraving, "What We Worship 'Oh! Bless Us with All These Things!,' circa 1875
Thomas Nast (1840-1902) was an influential illustrator and political cartoonist. Though he is best known for the creation of our modern image of Santa Claus, Nast also used his drawings to comment -- sometimes critically -- on American society. This engraving, originally printed in the July 3, 1869, issue of Harper's Bazar, depicts Americans worshiping at the altar of materialism.
- Wilkes and Liberty Punch Bowl, circa 1770 -
- circa 1770
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Wilkes and Liberty Punch Bowl, circa 1770