Title
Cut-throat business in Wall Street, 1881
Caption
Cut-throat business in Wall Street. How the inexperienced lose their heads By Joseph Ferdinand Keppler, 1838-1894, artist. Date 1881. print shows William H. Vanderbilt, Jay Gould, Russell Sage and James R. Keene checking ticker tape connected to a large straight-edge razor labelled 'Wade in & Butcher'em' and 'This Indicator Rises & Falls with Stocks' with a bear and a bull and several money bags labelled '$' balanced on the back of the blade; below, draped over the handle are many investors reaching for bundles of 'Pacific Mail, Western Union, [and] Erie' stocks, the blade is poised to drop. In the background another group of investors labelled 'The Lambs Brigade' are headed into the 'N.Y. Stock Exchange'.
Date
1881
Credit line
Photo12/Ann Ronan Picture Library
Reference
ARP16A01_079
License type
Rights managed
Available size
60,0Mb (5,9Mb) / 19,3in x 12,1in / 5796 x 3618 (300dpi)