U.S. Post Office Tailoring Company

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Photo by John Bentham.
U.S. Post Office Tailoring Company
Photo by John Bentham.
Artist/Maker (American, born Germany, 1840 - 1902)
Date1889
MediumLithograph
DimensionsComposition/Sheet: 21 1/4 × 17 1/4 in. (54 × 43.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of the artist's son
Object number1944.1.74
Not on view
DescriptionThis cartoon depicts Uncle Sam standing in front of the "U.S. Post Office Tailoring Co." A sign next to the door reads "Misfits in the general post office." A sign inside the space reads "U. Sam's Clothing and Merchant Tailoring Trust." In front is a clothes-maker's mannequin labeled "U.S. Mail," "Big Head," and "Boodlemaker & Brown, Oak Hall, Philadelphia PA. The mannequin is dressed in a striped suit and seems to have its wrists shackled.
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Additional Details

Provenance 1943: Hamilton College, by gift of Mabel Nast Crawford and Cyril Nast;
? - 1943: Thomas Nast family (Mrs. Thomas Nast, Thomas Nast Jr., Mabel Nast Crawford, and Cyril Nast), presumably by gift or inheritance from the artist.
Signature Recto, lower right: "Th:Nast 1889"
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Any Thing but a ‘Pacific Mail’, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published March 6, 1875
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.274
'The Indifference' of Uncle Sam, from "Harper's Weekly"
'The Indifference' of Uncle Sam, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published December 9, 1876
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.353
A Burden He Has to Shoulder, from "Harper's Weekly"
A Burden He Has to Shoulder, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published October 24, 1874
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.256
Photo by John Bentham.
That Ticket: Grave - Ranch 1892
Thomas Nast
Date: 1889
Medium: Ink on two pieces of collaged paper
Object number: 1944.1.21a-b
Whose Funeral Is It?, from "Harper's Weekly"
Whose Funeral Is It?, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published March 20, 1875
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.276
Shall Teachers; Salaries be Lowered?, from Harper's Weekly
Shall Teachers; Salaries be Lowered?, from Harper's Weekly
Thomas Nast
Date: published December 19, 1874
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.265
Declaration of Equality, from "Harper's Weekly"
Declaration of Equality, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published August 12, 1876
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.335
The Outs Always Wake Up the Ins, from "Harper's Weekly"
The Outs Always Wake Up the Ins, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published January 2, 1875
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.266
Out of One into Another?, from "Harper's Weekly"
Out of One into Another?, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published November 6, 1875
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.297
Waiting, from "Harper's Weekly"
Waiting, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published November 25, 1876
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.349
I Had a Magnificant Chance and Threw it Away
I Had a Magnificant Chance and Threw it Away
Thomas Nast
Date: unknown
Medium: Wood engraving on paper
Object number: 1944.1.59
The Horse and His Rider, from "Harper's Weekly"
The Horse and His Rider, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published June 27, 1874
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.245