Sujet
Illustration of deserted Wall Street in 1914
Légende
Wall Street and the nouveau poor by Henry Mayer, 1868-1954, artist. Published 1914 . 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'.
Date
1914
Crédit
Photo12/Ann Ronan Picture Library
Notre référence
ARP16A01_134
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
60,0Mo (5,1Mo) / 46,2cm x 32,5cm / 5460 x 3841 (300dpi)