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He lived too soon

He lived too soon

Half-length portrait of Richard Croker, facing front, with right hand resting on papers labeled “Certificate of Stock, Consolidate[d] Ice Co., Auto Truck Company, Fireproofin[g], [and] Telephone Co.” The ghost of a disconsolate Boss Tweed, wearing prison stripes, appears in the upper left corner above Croker’s right shoulder.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1899-05-10

Creator(s)

Keppler, Udo J., 1872-1956

Drowning in his own “pool”

Drowning in his own “pool”

Jay Gould is drowning in “Watered Stocks” certificates, some labeled “Watered W.U.T.” and “Watered Wabash,” at the bottom of the steps to Federal Hall on Wall Street in New York City. William H. Vanderbilt sits at the top of the steps, on a large bag labeled “$40,000,000 U.S. Bonds” and “Vanderbilt.”

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1884-06-04

Creator(s)

Graetz, F. (Friedrich), approximately 1840-approximately 1913