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- In "The Protectors of Our Industries" (1883), railroad magnates Jay Gould and Cornelius Vanderbilt, department store tycoon Marshall Field, and financier Russell Sage are buoyed from the rising tide of "hard times" on the backs of workers, whose low wages are on display.
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“Protectors of our Industries” was created by Bernhard Gillam and published by Keppler and Schw arzmann in The Puck, a satirical magazine. It was released in 1883, six years before the Johnstown Flood (Gillam 1883). The cartoon depicts the outrageous inequalities that ravaged the Gilded Age.
digital file from color film copy transparency. About this Item. Image. 1 print : chromolithograph. | Cartoon showing Cyrus Field, Jay Gould, Cornelius Vanderbilt, and Russell Sage, seated on bags of "millions", on large raft, and being carried by workers of various professions.
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In “The Protectors of Our Industries” (1883), railroad magnates Jay Gould and Cornelius Vanderbilt, department store tycoon Marshall Field, and financier Russell Sage are buoyed from the rising tide of “hard times” on the backs of workers,
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The Protectors of our Industry. In this cartoon, the artist shows a literal representation of the upper class being supported by the average worker. The burden on the worker included low wages and high quotas in order to make the big bags of money the barons are sitting on.
The Protectors of Our Industries | NEH-Edsitement. Cartoon showing Cyrus Field, Jay Gould, Cornelius Vanderbilt, and Russell Sage, seated on bags of "millions", on large raft, and being carried by workers of various professions. Printed in Puck Magazine, February 7, 1883. Library of Congress.
