Photo of Puck,It Costs Money to Fix Things,1884,Opper,Collis Potter Huntington
Title: 'It costs money to fix things' --C.P. Huntington / F. Opper.
Creator(s): Opper, Frederick Burr, 1857-1937, artist
Date Created/Published: N.Y. : Published by Keppler & Schwarzmann, 1884 January 9.
Summary: Illustration shows a man handing money to a Congressional Page to purchase the legislative services of a Congressman; on the left and in the background, Congressmen are shown sitting in the House or Senate chamber with signs advertising their prices, such as 'I will do anything for $20,000, I can be bought for $10,000, My price is according to the size of the job, [and] My price is only $5000.00'.
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Caption: As it is plain that most of our Congressmen are for sale, they might as well display their prices prominently.
Illus. from Puck, v. 14, no. 357, (1884 January 9), cover.
Copyright 1884 by Keppler & Schwarzmann.
Subjects:
Huntington, Collis Potter,--1821-1900--Quotations.
United States.--Congress.
Legislators--1880-1890.
Bribery--1880-1890.
Capitalists & financiers--1880-1890.
Political patronage--1880-1890.
Cartoons (Commentary)--1880-1890.
Chromolithographs--Color--1880-1890.
Magazine covers--1880-1890.
Periodical illustrations--1880-1890.
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