Evolution of the “hold-up”
A traveling couple is set upon by every member of the service industry – coachmen, porters, maids, messengers, busboys, and cooks – for some amount of remuneration. The cause is illustrated in the upper right, where the manager of the hotel tells his staff to extract payment from the guests in lieu of wages. The “hold-up” of a stagecoach takes place in the background on the upper left. Caption: In olden days the highwayman did the job himself; nowadays he directs his minions to do it.
Collection
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
Creation Date
1901-07-03
