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The false "friend of the workingman" / J. Keppler.
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Illustration shows James G. Blaine standing before starving miners outside the entrance to the "Hocking Valley Mines", he is holding a paper that states "Blaine's $25,000 share in 'Hocking Valley' Ohio" and on the ground behind him is a paper that states "I have never 'owned a share of stock in any coal, iron or land company in the state of Ohio' J.G. Blaine"; in the background, on the left, is a large house with banner that states "J.G. Blaine's Washington House cost $150,000", and at center a band of "Italian Cheap Labor" miners are coming up the road.
Caption: Hungry Miner "You call yourself our friend! Your ask for our votes! Why, you are the ally of the monopolists who starved us out in Hocking Valley, and imported cheap Italian laborers to take our places!"
Illus. from Puck, v. 16, no. 397, (1884 October 15), centerfold.
Copyright 1884 by Keppler & Schwarzmann.
Alois Senefelder, the inventor of lithography, introduced the subject of colored lithography in 1818. Printers in other countries, such as France and England, were also started producing color prints. The first American chromolithograph—a portrait of Reverend F. W. P. Greenwood—was created by William Sharp in 1840. Chromolithographs became so popular in American culture that the era has been labeled as "chromo civilization". During the Victorian times, chromolithographs populated children's and fine arts publications, as well as advertising art, in trade cards, labels, and posters. They were also used for advertisements, popular prints, and medical or scientific books.
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