Billy Ireland Cartoon Library and Museum

The Chinese Must Go, But Who Keeps Them

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Description
  • Chromolithograph of this cartoon was originally published in The San Francisco Illustrated Wasp on May 11, 1878.
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Date created
  • 1878
Identifier
  • Digital ID: d_18188
Summary
  • This color cartoon is an interpretation of the Workingmen’s Party’s rallying cry against Chinese presence in California. Front and center is a donkey in military garb. On the epaulets of the donkey’s uniform, the initials “D.K.” represent the faction’s self-styled military leader, Irish-born Denis Kearney and chief crier of “the Chinese Must Go” mantra. Surrounding the braying Kearney, six vignettes show the consequences of white citizens patronizing Chinese business; a cigar shop, shoe cobbler, laundry, horse livery and meat butcher.
Published in
  • The San Francisco Wasp: an Illustrated History, p.139
Repository
  • Ohio State University. Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum
File Format
Call number
  • PN4801 .W47 2004
Date issued
  • 2004
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  • This item, made available for research and educational purposes, may be protected by copyright; the user is responsible for making a final determination of copyright status.
Version
  • mechanical reproduction
Medium
  • ink
  • paper
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Extent
  • 20 x 28 cm
Credit line: The Ohio State University, Billy Ireland Cartoon Library and Museum

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