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Every thing coming down - Public domain graphic arts, Library of Congress
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Print shows a hot air balloon labeled "The Bottom Out" attached to a basket labeled "Gold Speculation" on which the bottom has fallen out, leaving a large hole in the bottom through which various products such as "Family Groceries", "Clothing", "Dry Goods", "Beef", even a house labeled "Real Estate" and "Rent" are falling to the ground below, where money bags labeled "Gold" have already hit the ground and broken open. People are rushing forward to grab as much as possible for themselves.
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Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 1936
Forms part of: Popular graphic art print filing series (Library of Congress).
New York City from 1835 to 1907 headed first by Nathaniel Currier, and later jointly with his partner James Merritt Ives. The prolific firm produced prints from paintings by fine artists as black and white lithographs that were hand-colored. The firm called itself "the Grand Central Depot for Cheap and Popular Prints" and advertised its lithographs as "colored engravings for the people". The firm adopted the name "Currier and Ives" in 1857.
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