The Childrens’ Point-of-View, 1857: Wall Street Frauds Make Wonderful Cartoons, Part 44
Children will imitate what they see in their parents and the other adults around them, which is the point of these cartoons from the Panic of 1857, all three by artist Frank Bellew (Sr.).
Below, Another Terrible Failure, from the (New York) Picayune, November 7, 1857.
Next, Prevailing Complaint, from the December 1857 issue of the comic periodical, Nick-Nax. “Erie” refers to failing stock in the Erie Railroad & Canal.
Below, a second cartoon from the December 1857 Nick-Nax.
Click here to find prior Wall Street Frauds Make Wonderful Cartoons entries, and related I.T.C.H. posts. This series will continue, so long as the debate on financial reforms continues in Congress (except Mondays and holidays, during which I’d already had other material planned).
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— Doug
