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Document 13.7 “Hopelessly Bound to the Stake,” Puck

1883

The image below from Puck was published on the heels of an economic recession that

began in 1882 and ended in 1885. The heads are Jay Gould, Cornelius Vanderbilt, Russell

Sage, Roscoe Conkling, Cyrus W. Field, Whitelaw Reid (breathing flames that are labeled

“Monopoly Press”), and Chauncey M. Depew (the flames that read “Depew”). Chauncey

Depew was a lawyer for Cornelius Vanderbilt.

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