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Happy Thanksgiving, Everyone!

Posted in Memory by Andy Hall on November 28, 2013

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Image: Harper’s Weekly, 1869.

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  1. pycarecen said, on November 28, 2013 at 5:44 pm

    Happy Thanksgiving Mr. Hall!

  2. H. E. Parmer said, on November 29, 2013 at 12:17 am

    It’s a fine vision. We owe a great debt to the people who devoted their lives to making it a reality. We’re not quite there yet, but because of them we’re much, much further along the way.

    Happy Thanksgiving, Andy.

  3. SF Walker said, on December 1, 2013 at 1:29 pm

    Thank you, Andy! Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours, as well!

  4. Woodrowfan said, on December 6, 2013 at 5:10 pm

    Nast is a fascinating cartoonist. He was very sympathetic to the Chinese immigrants and to African-Americans. But boy \did he hate the Irish and feared the Catholic church.

    And Happy belated Thanksgiving…

    • Andy Hall said, on December 6, 2013 at 5:13 pm

      No kiddin’. He pretty much defined the nasty caricature of the Irish immigrant.

  5. Laqueesha said, on July 13, 2015 at 2:38 pm

    Beautiful picture. Nast is one of my favorite artists, more than just a mere cartoonist.

    • Andy Hall said, on July 13, 2015 at 2:45 pm

      Yeah, but he didn’t get the nickname “Thomas Nasty” for nothing. He had a virulent anti-Catholic, anti-Irish streak that came up a lot in some of his later cartoons.


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