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Title: The tournament of today - a set-to between labor and monopoly / F. Graetz.
Creator(s): Graetz, F. (Friedrich), ca. 1840-ca. 1913, artist
Date Created/Published: N.Y. : Published by Keppler & Schwarzmann, 1883 August 1.
Summary: Print shows a jousting tournament between an oversized knight riding horse-shaped armor labeled 'Monopoly' over a locomotive, with a long plume labeled 'Arrogance', and carrying a shield labeled 'Corruption of the Legislature' and a lance labeled 'Subsidized Press', and a barefoot man labeled 'Labor' riding an emaciated horse labeled 'Poverty', and carrying a sledgehammer labeled 'Strike'. On the left is seating 'Reserved for Capitalists' where Cyrus W. Field, William H. Vanderbilt, John Roach, Jay Gould, and Russell Sage are sitting. On the right, behind the labor section, are telegraph lines flying monopoly banners that are labeled 'Wall St., W.U.T. Co., [and] N.Y.C. RR'.
Notes:
Title from item.
Illus. from Puck, v. 13, no. 334, (1883 August 1), centerfold.
Copyright 1883 by Keppler & Schwarzmann.
Subjects:
Field, Cyrus W.--(Cyrus West),--1819-1892.
Vanderbilt, William H.--(William Henry),--1821-1885.
Roach, John,--1813-1887.
Gould, Jay,--1836-1892.
Sage, Russell,--1816-1906.
Jousting--1880-1890.
Knights--1880-1890.
Capitalists & financiers--1880-1890.
Laborers--1880-1890.
Labor unions--1880-1890.
Monopolies--1880-1890.
Avarice--1880-1890.
Cartoons (Commentary)--1880-1890.
Periodical illustrations--1880-1890.
Bookmark /2012645501/ 8x12 inches.
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Source: Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
