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The subsidized newspaper / J.S. Pughe., Political Cartoon

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The subsidized newspaper / J.S. Pughe., Political Cartoon

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Illustration shows a large group of citizens reading the latest news of a stock boom and rushing off to the stockbroker to purchase the hot commodity; in the background, the broker is seen paying off the newspaper editor with shares of the stock.

Caption: The promoter waters the stock, the newspaper booms it (for a consideration) and the silly public buys it - after wfhich the water is squeezed out.
Illus. in: Puck, v. 51, no. 1315 (1902 May 14), centerfold.
Copyright 1902 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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01/01/1902
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Pughe, J. S. (John S.), 1870-1909, artist
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