School Begins - Uncle Sam as a teacher - Political Cartoon, 1899

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School Begins - Uncle Sam as a teacher, standing behind a desk in front of his new students who are labeled "Cuba, Porto Rico, Hawaii, and Philippines"; they do not look happy to be there. At the rear of the classroom are students holding books labeled "California, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and Alaska". At the far left, an African American boy cleans the windows, and in the background, a Native boy sits by himself, reading an upside-down book labeled "ABC", an a Chinese boy stands just outside the door. A book on Uncle Sam's desk is titled " First Lessons in Self-Government".

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Size: 5900px × 3383px
Photo credit: © Niday Picture Library / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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