William Vanderbilt: “He Gathers Them In”, by A.B. Frost, 1878
The below A.B. Frost cartoon — He Gathers Them In — appeared on the the front page of the December 19, 2025 issue of the (New York) Daily Graphic. In it, railroad baron William Vanderbilt is shown as a vagabond walking along the train tracks. On his back, he carries a sack filled with train cars, track, and telegraph lines (which were posted along the tracks). He is wearing seven hats, six of them labeled with the names of railroads Vanderbilt had seized control of, with the seventh, top-most hat, holding “The Sword of my Father”, from whom Vanderbilt inherited the start of his empire.
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— Doug
