Thomas Nast - Santa Claus
Posted: Fri Dec 26, 2025 7:41 am
Thanks to Heather Cox Richardson for pointing to this article. Trombonists influence the world once again.
https://www.masshist.org/database/viewe ... em_id=5909
“ Renowned for giving us the iconography of the Republican elephant and Tammany Tiger—among many others--Thomas Nast was born at a military barracks in Landau, Germany in 1840, where his father was a trombonist in the 9th Regiment Bavarian Band. ”
https://www.masshist.org/database/viewe ... em_id=5909
“ Renowned for giving us the iconography of the Republican elephant and Tammany Tiger—among many others--Thomas Nast was born at a military barracks in Landau, Germany in 1840, where his father was a trombonist in the 9th Regiment Bavarian Band. ”