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Print shows Uncle Sam standing on a sidewalk, holding wads of dollars; the street is lined with stores and shops offering goods from several European countries, and above each shop is a sign that gives the dollar amount of goods "Sold to Uncle Sam" in the previous year. On the street are representatives from "Austria, Italy, France, Germany, Russia, [and] England (John Bull), hailing Uncle Sam. A pennyless man labeled "Spain" is standing in the middle of the street.
Caption: After careful consideration Europe seems inclined to admit that Uncle Sam is right - and a good customer.
Illus. from Puck, v. 43, no. 1111, (1898 June 22), centerfold.
Copyright 1898 by Keppler & Schwarzmann.
Alois Senefelder, the inventor of lithography, introduced the subject of colored lithography in 1818. Printers in other countries, such as France and England, were also started producing color prints. The first American chromolithograph—a portrait of Reverend F. W. P. Greenwood—was created by William Sharp in 1840. Chromolithographs became so popular in American culture that the era has been labeled as "chromo civilization". During the Victorian times, chromolithographs populated children's and fine arts publications, as well as advertising art, in trade cards, labels, and posters. They were also used for advertisements, popular prints, and medical or scientific books.
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