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Wall Street and the nouveau poor
| Content Provider | Library of Congress - Photographs |
|---|---|
| Spatial Coverage | Wall Street (New York, N.Y.) |
| Description | Illustration shows a vignette cartoon with a bird's-eye view of Wall Street where an innocent lamb is standing in the middle of the deserted financial district. The surrounding vignettes show a banquet of hot dogs; a man buying eggs cheap, then trying to sell them to a stockbroker for 50 cents a dozen; an elderly man drinking wine with a beautiful young woman "Before the War", "And Now" disgruntled and at home with his wife; and three businessmen sitting on steps outside Federal Hall, quaffing lunch from a "full-dinner pail". |
| File Format | JPG / JPEG |
| Language | English |
| Part of Series | Miscellaneous Items in High Demand |
| Requires | HTML5 supported browser |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Full dinner pail--1910-1920. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Cost & standard of living--1910-1920. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Wall Street (New York, N.Y.)--1910-1920. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Stockbrokers--1910-1920. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Poverty--1910-1920. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Banquets--1910-1920. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Frankfurters--1910-1920. |
| Content Type | Image |
| Resource Type | Photograph |
