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Uncle Sam uses a magnifying glass to see in his left hand a diminutive man labeled “Rumor Monger” yelling “Panic, National Disaster, Failures, [and] Ruin” into a megaphone labeled “Wall Str.” Caption: Uncle Sam — Well! Will this nuisance ever learn that the country governs Wall Street; not Wall Street, the country.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1903-09-02
Theodore Roosevelt is puzzled by Gladys Post’s letter as Roosevelt does not know what advice he can offer. Roosevelt agrees “to see Mr. Post” but is doubtful that he can be of service to him.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-07-24
In this six panel comic strip, a man who wants to open a “pickle factory” seeks legal advice from “Mister Windbag,” a lawyer, who speaks a lot of nonsense, then charges the man $500. The man tells his wife that they will “have to go easy with the eggs and butter for a while. Mr. Windbag, the great lawyer, is handling some legal business for me and his fees are large.”
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1914-10-24
A man, probably Charles S. Mellen, stands amid a crowd of angry investors who have lost their savings and investments due to mismanagement of the New Haven Railroad. Caption: This cartoon appeared in PUCK at the time of the life-insurance scandal. Still more applicable is it to the former “High-Finance” Looter of the New Haven Railway system.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1913-12-31
Edward Henry Harriman, in the Scottish Highlands, stands with arms and sword raised next to a diamond-shaped rock labeled “Flim-Flam Finance” balancing on a pointed base. Harriman is confronting Theodore Roosevelt and his band of Scotsmen, William H. Taft, Charles J. Bonaparte, Frank B. Kellogg, James Rudolph Garfield, and Milton Dwight Purdy. Caption: Fitzjames Harriman (to Teddy Dhu) — Come one, come all! This rock shall fly from its firm base as soon as I!
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1907-09-11
A woman labeled “Wall Street,” appearing as Little Bo Peep, has pulled all the petals, labeled “Tight Money” and “Easy Money,” off a paper flower. The center of the flower, on the ground among the petals, shows a medallion that states “In Cortelyou We Trust.” Her bodice is labeled “Stock Exchange.” George B. Cortelyou, dressed as an Elizabethan suitor, is standing behind her. They are embracing as he holds aloft a diamond ring labeled “Treasury Aid.”
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1907-04-17
A woman labeled “Wall Street” appears as a nursery rhyme figure, possibly Little Bo Peep, pulling petals off a paper flower that are labeled “Tight Money” and “Easy Money” as she says “He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not.” The center of the flower shows a medallion that states “In Shaw We Trust,” but with a line drawn through “Shaw.” The woman’s bodice is labeled “Stock Exchange.” George B. Cortelyou, dressed as an Elizabethan suitor, is looking over her shoulder.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1907-02-06