ID: 901002237 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901002237	Record Type: Character/Person

	Uncle Sam (American character)

Note: Popular character representing the United States. usually portrayed as an older man with long white hair and chin whiskers. His appearance is derived from two earlier symbolic figures Yankee Doodle and Brother Jonathan. The origin of the term Uncle Sam, is thought by many to have originated with the "U.S." stamped on barrels of beef supplied to the United States army during the War of 1812, and in reference to a businessman from Troy, New York, Samuel Wilson, known affectionately as “Uncle Sam” Wilson.

Display Date: from 1812

Names:

	Uncle Sam (American character) (preferred,English-P,D)

Hierarchical Position:

		Miscellaneous Topics (P)
		....<Miscellaneous Characters> (P)
		........Uncle Sam (American character) (I)

Other Relationships:

	role/characteristic is .... character (person by activity)
	.....(people by activity, people (agents), People (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	culture/religion is .... American (North American)
	.....(North American, American regions, Americas, The, styles, periods, and cultures by region, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:

	Uncle Sam (American character)
	................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
	................National Museum of American History [online] (1999-)

Iconography Record Sources:

	................ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
	................ Source for image https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncle_Sam#/media/File:Unclesamwantyou.jpg