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Photo, Print, Drawing The deadly upas tree of Wall Street / J. Keppler.

[ digital file from original print ]

About this Item

Title

  • The deadly upas tree of Wall Street / J. Keppler.

Summary

  • Print shows a large, old tree at the edge of body of water with Albany, N.Y. on the right, in the background, and the U.S. Capitol on the left, in the background. Hanging from the branches are many coins with "$" and a few blossoms labeled "Bribes for Legislation, Bribes for Lawyers, Bribes for Judges, Bribes for Editors, [and] Bribes for Congress". Telegraph lines are tangled in the branches and the face of Jay Gould is formed by limbs and branches at center. The bodies of several people lie among the debris beneath the tree; Roscoe Conkling is slumped against a row of buildings and a railroad, "Westbro[?]" has expired over the same row of buildings, a skull is labeled "Jim Fisk" next to "Whitlaw Reid", Ulysses S. Grant, at center, is labeled "Black Friday", beneath a railroad is the body of a woman labeled "Stockholder", against the trunk of the tree is a man labeled "Stock Holder E.R.R." who looks a little like Cornelius Vanderbilt, and on the right is Alonzo Cornell labeled "Blind Pool". All appear to have succumbed to greed through the machinations of Jay Gould.

Names

  • Keppler, Joseph Ferdinand, 1838-1894, artist

Created / Published

  • N.Y. : Published by Keppler & Schwarzmann, 1882 August 30.

Headings

  • -  Grant, Ulysses S.--(Ulysses Simpson),--1822-1885
  • -  Cornell, Alonzo B.,--1832-1904
  • -  Westbrook, Theodoric R.,--1821-1885
  • -  Reid, Whitelaw,--1837-1912
  • -  Conkling, Roscoe,--1829-1888
  • -  Fisk, James,--Jr.,--1835-1872
  • -  Gould, Jay,--1836-1892
  • -  Wall Street (New York, N.Y.)--1880-1890
  • -  Bribery--1880-1890
  • -  Corruption--1880-1890
  • -  Saving & investment--1880-1890
  • -  Bonds (Negotiable instruments)--1880-1890
  • -  Avarice--1880-1890
  • -  Trees--1880-1890
  • -  Coins--1880-1890

Headings

  • Cartoons (Commentary)--1880-1890.
  • Chromolithographs--Color--1880-1890.
  • Periodical illustrations--1880-1890.

Genre

  • Periodical illustrations--1880-1890
  • Cartoons (Commentary)--1880-1890
  • Chromolithographs--Color--1880-1890

Notes

  • -  Title from item.
  • -  Caption: "This tree ... was said to be so exceedingly poisonous that no one could even approach it without certain death" Zell's Encyclopedia.
  • -  Illus. from Puck, v. 11, no. 286, (1882 August 30), centerfold.
  • -  Copyright 1882 by Keppler & Schwarzmann.

Medium

  • 1 print : chromolithograph.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • Illus. in AP101.P7 1882 (Case X) [P&P]

Repository

Digital Id

  • ppmsca 28507 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsca.28507

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2012647280

Reproduction Number

  • LC-DIG-ppmsca-28507 (digital file from original print)

Rights Advisory

  • No known restrictions on publication.

Online Format

  • image

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  • Rights Advisory: No known restrictions on publication.
  • Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-ppmsca-28507 (digital file from original print)
  • Call Number: Illus. in AP101.P7 1882 (Case X) [P&P]
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Chicago citation style:

Keppler, Joseph Ferdinand, Artist. The deadly upas tree of Wall Street / J. Keppler. Wall Street New York, 1882. N.Y.: Published by Keppler & Schwarzmann. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2012647280/.

APA citation style:

Keppler, J. F. (1882) The deadly upas tree of Wall Street / J. Keppler. Wall Street New York, 1882. N.Y.: Published by Keppler & Schwarzmann. [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2012647280/.

MLA citation style:

Keppler, Joseph Ferdinand, Artist. The deadly upas tree of Wall Street / J. Keppler. N.Y.: Published by Keppler & Schwarzmann. Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2012647280/>.