Beauties of the installment plan
Subject(s): Animal traps, Cash discounts, Free enterprise, Installment plan, Merchants, Selling
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Print shows at center, a “Profits” driven retail salesman who lets his merchandise go “Cheap” and at a “Bargain” through an “Easy Payments” plan depicted in the jaws of a trap. An “Agreement”is also depicted in the jaws of a trap, that states “Goods forfeited if instalment [sic] not paid when due”. Vignettes surrounding the central figure show such merchandise as chairs, carpets, beds, “the Baby-Carriage”, a stove, sewing machine, and the dinner table, being “carried off” for failure to pay on time.
Collection
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
Creation Date
1883-09-12
Creator(s)
Graetz, F. (Friedrich), approximately 1840-approximately 1913
Period
New York State Assemblyman (1882-May 1884)
Repository
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division
Page Count
1
Record Type
Image
Resource Type
Rights
These images are presented through a cooperative effort between the Library of Congress and Dickinson State University. No known restrictions on publication.
Citation
Cite this Record
Chicago:
Beauties of the installment plan. [September 12, 1883]. Theodore Roosevelt Papers. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o287593. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
MLA:
Graetz, F. (Friedrich), approximately 1840-approximately 1913. Beauties of the installment plan. [12 Sep. 1883]. Image. Theodore Roosevelt Papers. Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. December 4, 2025. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o287593.
APA:
Graetz, F. (Friedrich), approximately 1840-approximately 1913.: , [1883, September 12]. Beauties of the installment plan. Theodore Roosevelt Papers. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o287593.
Cite this Collection
Chicago:
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs. Theodore Roosevelt Papers. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/library-of-congress-prints-and-photographs. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
MLA:
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs. Theodore Roosevelt Papers. Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. December 4, 2025. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/library-of-congress-prints-and-photographs.
APA:
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs. Theodore Roosevelt Papers. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/library-of-congress-prints-and-photographs.
