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Caricature, No income tax! / C.J.T., public domain cartoon image

Print shows a scene at the "Income Tax Office" with a crowd clamoring at the door where a notice states "One at a Time"; inside, a wealthy man is standing by a desk, on the floor at his feet, in his hat, are pa... More

Commercial might versus divine right / Keppler.

Illustration shows a huge J.P. Morgan carrying a cornucopia filled with railroads, ships, telegraph lines, and steel rails as examples of the broad range of industry he controls; as he strides forward, the Germ... More

Caricature, A trip to Diana / Glackens., public domain cartoon image

Illustration shows a man in a "Taxiplane" hanging onto the coattails of a well-dressed man wearing a top hat who has leaped from the taxi to grab ahold of a nude statue of Diana atop a building. Caption: Popul... More

The rich child's fourth / L.M. Glackens.

Illustration shows a young boy jumping with joy as a battleship is blown up; his father is reminding him that the explosive display is his gift for being a good boy. Fourth of July number. Caption: Multi-Milli... More

As the law stands / J.S. Pughe.

Illustration shows a wealthy old man as a passenger in an automobile driven by his chauffeur, they are racing through the countryside during a cross-country auto race and have struck several pedestrians who are... More

Yodaime matsumoto kōshirō [no yamato no yabodaijin to] shodai nakayama...

Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: vertical Oban Nishikie. Adachi modern reprint (Showa). Purchase; H. Irving Olds; 1938. Forms p... More

During the investigation / Frank A. Nankivell 1901.

Illustration shows Mr. and Mrs. Newrich and their daughter consulting with a man who is using "Burke's Peerage" to trace the lineage of a prospective son-in-law. Caption: Mrs. Newrich You say Lord Naryared's ... More

The popular tendency to rail at wealth is not entirely justified / Ehr...

Print shows a vignette cartoon with a group of working class individuals complaining about the selfish accumulation of wealth by a small percentage of society; the surrounding vignettes illustrate the philanthr... More

Interior of the house of a rich Chinaman, Peking, China

Reproduction of half of stereograph shows group portrait of several generations of Chinese men. No. 3774. Copyright by 1901 by H.C. White Co. Original stereograph processed as STEREO FOREIGN GEOG FILE - China Peking.

A frontispiece for a journal - Public domain dedication image

Print shows a beggar maid (Fanny Kemble, who married Pierce in 1834 and retired from the stage) holding play-bill, "beggar's petition," and a sheet of paper that states "Pity kind Yankees, friends to Humanity, ... More

Our religious landlords and their rookery tenants / C.J. Taylor.

Print shows a group of wealthy citizens exiting Trinity Church on Wall Street, New York City, with poor persons huddled on the street on both sides, and tenement housing in the background. The inscription over ... More

A natural inference / Frank A. Nankivell '99.

Print shows an upper class British man shaking hands with Richard Croker at an equestrian event. Caption: Lord Slapbang I am proud to shake the hand of one of America's uncrowned kings! / Richard Croker (to h... More

Our "infant" industries -- why can't they be content with the half the...

Illustration showing a gigantic Andrew Carnegie standing between two large pumps, one labeled "Protective tariff" representing the Treasury building and the other labeled "Legitimate business" representing his ... More

Going through the rapids / Frank A. Nankivell 1901.

Illustration shows a young man asking his girlfriend's father for her hand in marriage. Caption: Cholly Mr. Jones, I want your daughter; - our mutual love is as strong and tumultuous as the rapids of Niagara.... More

One reason in four tableaux / Ehrhart.

Illustration shows four scenes related to New York City residents: in the upper left, "August in Madison Ave." showing the well-to-do leaving town to beat the summer heat; in the upper right, "August in Mulliga... More

In the ambassadorial recruiting office, Political Cartoon

Illustration shows Uncle Sam measuring a rotund man oozing money from his pockets, vest, and hat, he has turned toward "Sec. Bryan" who is recording the measurements. Nearby is a poster advertising ambassadoria... More

The slumming party at Bethlehem / Kep.

Illustration shows a scene in a manger with Mary on the left and a small group of well dressed wealthy people standing on the right, in the back of the manger. Illus. in: Puck, v. 74, no. 1921 (1913 December 2... More

Interior of the house of a rich Chinaman, Peking, China

Photograph shows group portrait of several generations of Chinese men. H11351 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 3774. Copyright by 1901 by H.C. White Co. Reproduction processed as item in LOT 11666 scanned as LC-DIG-ds-06784.

A word to the otherwise / Ehrhart.

Illustration shows a haughty, well-dressed woman sitting in the middle of a ballroom, she is holding a paper that states "Society hence-forth will strive to attract brains, not mere vulgar wealth. --A leader of... More

Artist shows new work to mixed reaction Orson Lowell

Illustration shows smiling artist showing his painting on an easel to well-dressed women and men who appear to be shocked and angry. Published in: Life Magazine, 1913. Forms part of: Forms part of: Art Wood Co... More

The decay of home-life among the "smart set" / Ehrhart.

Print shows a vignette cartoon about the aspirations for social life among the well-to-do; at center, "The Will-o'-the-Wisp of Social Aspirations" shows a crowd of rich people chasing after "Social Ambition", a... More

American millions and foreign nobility - the market where our girls bu...

Illustration shows the "European Matrimonial Market" with wealthy American women on the right previewing European men of nobility who have fallen on hard financial times. Illus. from Puck, v. 14, no. 364, (188... More

Rainsford is right - the rich must be regulated / C.J.T.

Print shows a democratic approach to the mingling of social classes with vignettes showing the rich buying their clothes from "honest merchants" regardless how poorly they will fit, eating at "plain oyster-hous... More