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Photo of Puck,Justice's Jimmy,1882,Gillam,Theodoric Westbrook,Supreme Court

Title: Justice's 'jimmy' / Gillam.
Creator(s): Gillam, Bernhard, 1856-1896, artist
Date Created/Published: N.Y. : Published by Keppler & Schwarzmann, 1882 May 24.
Summary: Print shows New York State Supreme Court justice Theodoric R. Westbrook wearing the white robe of Justice and his head mostly bound with cloth, with the balance scale of justice at his feet, handing a crowbar, or 'jimmy', labeled 'By Order of the Court' to a masked man; another man, in the background, is using a similar bar to pry open doors labeled 'Broken, Assets, Stockholders Money, [and] Policy Holders Money'. Next to Westbrook is a container labeled 'Court Orders' filled with crowbars. His left hand rests on a piece of paper that states 'Supreme Court - Decisions by Everybody's Friend - Westbrook'.
Notes:
Title from item.
Caption: How the receivers get at the assets of 'busted' insurance companies.
Illus. from Puck, v. 11, no. 272, (1882 May 24), cover.
Copyright 1882 by Keppler & Schwarzmann.
Subjects:
Westbrook, Theodoric R.,--d. 1885.
Supreme Court decisions--New York (State)--1880-1890.
Saving & investment--1880-1890.
Insurance--1880-1890.
Crowbars--1880-1890.
Judges--New York (State)--1880-1890.
Cartoons (Commentary)--1880-1890.
Chromolithographs--Color--1880-1890.
Magazine covers--1880-1890.
Periodical illustrations--1880-1890.
Bookmark /2012647205/
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