The political Uncle Tommers
Subject(s): Banks and banking, American, Columbia (Symbolic character), McAdoo, W. G. (William Gibbs), 1863-1941, Money, Sailing ships, Slavery, Uncle Tom (Fictitious character)
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Aboard a ship carrying cotton are several people – a man labeled “McAdoo,” also identified as “St. Clair,” a young girl labeled “Miss Columbia,” also identified as “Little Eva,” the figure of a man with a large coin for a head, labeled “National Currency,” also identified as “Uncle Tom,” and a large man labeled “Wall Street Banking Interests,” also identified as “Slave-driver Haley,” holding a whip labeled “Credit” and the chain labeled “Control” that binds to servitude the “National Currency.” Caption: Little Eva — Oh, Papa, won’t you buy him for me?
Collection
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
Creation Date
1913-10-22
Creator(s)
Period
Post-Presidential Years (1913-January 6, 1919)
Repository
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division
Page Count
1
Record Type
Image
Resource Type
Rights
These images are presented through a cooperative effort between the Library of Congress and Dickinson State University. No known restrictions on publication.
Citation
Cite this Record
Chicago:
The political Uncle Tommers. [October 22, 1913]. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs.
https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o287174. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
MLA:
Keppler, Udo J., 1872-1956. The political Uncle Tommers. [22 Oct. 1913]. Image.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. January 15, 2026. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o287174.
APA:
Keppler, Udo J., 1872-1956., [1913, October 22]. The political Uncle Tommers.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o287174.
Cite this Collection
Chicago:
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/library-of-congress-prints-and-photographs. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
MLA:
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. January 15, 2026. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/library-of-congress-prints-and-photographs.
APA:
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/library-of-congress-prints-and-photographs.
