Evolution,hold-up,wages,servnts,robberies,stagecoach,Puck Magazine,Ehrhart,1901

Title: Evolution of the 'hold-up' / Ehrhart.
Creator(s): Ehrhart, S. D. (Samuel D.), ca. 1862-1937, artist
Date Created/Published: N.Y. : J. Ottmann Lith. Co., Puck Bldg., 1901 July 10.
Summary: Illustration shows a traveling couple beset upon by every member of the service industry, coachmen, porters, maids, messengers, busboys, and cooks, for some amount of remuneration. The cartoonist equates this to the 'hold-up' of a stagecoach taking place in the background on the upper left; in the upper right, the manager of the hotel tells his staff to extract payment from the guests in lieu of wages.
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Title from item.
Caption: In olden days the highwayman did the job himself; nowadays he directs his minions to do it.
Illus. in: Puck, v. 49, no. 1271 (1901 July 10), centerfold.
Copyright 1901 by Keppler & Schwarzmann.
Subjects:
Wages--United States--1900-1910.
Servants--United States--1900-1910.
Robberies--United States--1900-1910.
Cartoons (Commentary)--1900-1910.
Chromolithographs--Color--1900-1910.
Periodical illustrations--1900-1910.
Bookmark /2010651444/
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