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The slave-market of to-day / Gillam.

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Illustration shows trade union laborers, some in chains labeled "High Tariff" and "Tariff", and one standing on a block labeled "Trade Unions", being auctioned by a man labeled "Protectionist Statesman" to capitalists and manufacturers, among them are Cyrus W. Field and William H. Vanderbilt; in the background is a row of factories. A sign states "Quotations. Average wage for skilled workman $7 a Week or $359 a Year".

Caption: "Going - going - lower - lower!"

Illus. from Puck, v. 14, no. 356, (1884 January 2), centerfold.

Copyright 1884 by Keppler & Schwarzmann.

Alois Senefelder, the inventor of lithography, introduced the subject of colored lithography in 1818. Printers in other countries, such as France and England, were also started producing color prints. The first American chromolithograph—a portrait of Reverend F. W. P. Greenwood—was created by William Sharp in 1840. Chromolithographs became so popular in American culture that the era has been labeled as "chromo civilization". During the Victorian times, chromolithographs populated children's and fine arts publications, as well as advertising art, in trade cards, labels, and posters. They were also used for advertisements, popular prints, and medical or scientific books.

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vanderbilt william h william henry field cyrus w cyrus west capitalists and financiers slave trade laborers labor unions tariffs factories ball and chain shackles cartoons commentary chromolithographs color periodical illustrations slave market gillam political cartoons vintage images 19th century guilded age bernhard gillam print ultra high resolution high resolution history ancient history public domain cartoon images library of congress
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01/01/1884
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Gillam, Bernhard, 1856-1896, artist
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Chromolithographs

Chromolithograph is printed by multiple applications of lithographic stones, each using a different color ink.
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vanderbilt william h william henry field cyrus w cyrus west capitalists and financiers slave trade laborers labor unions tariffs factories ball and chain shackles cartoons commentary chromolithographs color periodical illustrations slave market gillam political cartoons vintage images 19th century guilded age bernhard gillam print ultra high resolution high resolution history ancient history public domain cartoon images library of congress