A family party – the 200th birthday of the healthiest of Uncle Sam’s adopted children
Subject(s): African Americans--Employment, Columbia (Symbolic character), Dinners and dining, International relations--Centennial celebrations, etc., Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de, 1757-1834, Organ grinders, Steuben, Friedrich Wilhelm Ludolf Gerhard Augustin, Baron von, 1730-1794, Toasts, Uncle Sam (Symbolic character), Washington, George, 1732-1799
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Uncle Sam stands at the head of a table at a dinner party in honor of the “Bi-Centennial Celebration of the First German Settlement.” Columbia sits next to him. Around the table are a “Spaniard, Swede, German, Englishman, Russian, Chinese, Irishman” and at the far end an “Italian” hurdy-gurdy man, also a “French” chef entering on the left, carrying a large peacock on a tray, and an African American servant spilling trays of food on the Englishman and the Chinese man. In a cradle on the floor next to Columbia are two infants labeled “Malagasy” and “Corean.” Uncle Sam is offering a toast to the well-dressed German man standing at center. Puck, standing on the front side of the table, holding his lithographic pencil, offers a bouquet of flowers. Hanging from a garland on the wall in the background, beneath the heading “Germantown 1683-1883,” are portraits of Baron von “Steuben,” George “Washington,” and Marquis de “Lafayette.”
Collection
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
Creation Date
1883-10-03
Creator(s)
Graetz, F. (Friedrich), approximately 1840-approximately 1913
Period
New York State Assemblyman (1882-May 1884)
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:
A family party – the 200th birthday of the healthiest of Uncle Sam’s adopted children. [October 3, 1883]. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs.
https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o287829. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
MLA:
Graetz, F. (Friedrich), approximately 1840-approximately 1913. A family party – the 200th birthday of the healthiest of Uncle Sam’s adopted children. [3 Oct. 1883]. Image.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. January 15, 2026. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o287829.
APA:
Graetz, F. (Friedrich), approximately 1840-approximately 1913., [1883, October 3]. A family party – the 200th birthday of the healthiest of Uncle Sam’s adopted children.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o287829.
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.
