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DescriptionThe Curse of California.jpg |
English: "The Curse of California." Tinted lithograph. This two-page illustration portrays the powerful railroad monopoly as an octopus, with its many tentacles controlling such financial interests as the elite of Nob Hill, farmers, lumber interests, shipping, fruit growers, stage lines, mining, and the wine industry. |
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Source | The Wasp, August 19, 1882, vol. 9. No. 316, pp. 520-521. Image taken from http://nationalhumanitiescenter.org/pds/gilded/power/text1/octopusimages.pdf | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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The farmers
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Mussel Slough, where 7 people were killed over a land dispute with the Southern Pacific
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06:29, 4 October 2005 | 226 × 333 (27 KB) | Lordkinbote~commonswiki | A tinted lithograph from The Wasp, August 19, 1882, vol. 9. No. 316, pp. 520-521. "The Curse of California." This two-page illustration portrays the powerful railroad monopoly as an octopus, with its many tentacles controlling such financial interests as |
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