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25 of the Best Liberty Posters and Parodies

Unfortunately, the Statue became a symbol for ugly attacks against immigration. In 1881, five years before Liberty was even dedicated in New York, the Wasp Magazine in San Francisco suggested "A Statue for Our Harbor" -- with a stereotyped Chinese man holding an opium pipe instead of a torch, "filth" and other vices emanating from his head, and rats below. Courtesy of  The Ohio State University Cartoon Research Library.

Unfortunately, the Statue became a symbol for ugly attacks against immigration. In 1881, five years before Liberty was even dedicated in New York, the Wasp Magazine in San Francisco suggested "A Statue for Our Harbor" -- with a stereotyped Chinese man holding an opium pipe instead of a torch, "filth" and other vices emanating from his head, and rats at his feet.

 

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