Materiality and Spectacle 2015

The Press on the Field, Contraband News, In Action, Reliable Information, Newspapers at Home, The Sketchbook, and The Newspapers in Camp.

Dublin Core

Title

The Press on the Field, Contraband News, In Action, Reliable Information, Newspapers at Home, The Sketchbook, and The Newspapers in Camp.

Description

Nast cartoon shows the variety of ways the press obtained information and the full circle of the process from obtaining the news to reading it at camp and at home. Image includes receipt of information from soldier and from escaped slaves joining the Union effort.

Creator

Thomas Nast

Source

Harpers Weekly

Publisher

Harpers, April 30, 1864, p. 280-281

Files

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Citation

Thomas Nast, “The Press on the Field, Contraband News, In Action, Reliable Information, Newspapers at Home, The Sketchbook, and The Newspapers in Camp.,” Materiality and Spectacle 2015, accessed November 27, 2025, https://ds-omeka.haverford.edu/materiality-and-spectacle-2015/items/show/30.