Photo of Puck,The Base-Ball Laocoon,1913,Glackens,Baseball Players,Wages

Title: The base-ball Laocoon / L.M. Glackens.
Creator(s): Glackens, L. M. (Louis M.), 1866-1933, artist
Date Created/Published: N.Y. : Published by Keppler & Schwarzmann, Puck Building, 1913 May 14.
Summary: Illustration shows three baseball players entwined by snakes formed of baseballs labeled 'Base Ball Trust'; each carries a 'Contract', one for $8000, one for $10000, and one for $12000 and also stuffed in his belt papers labeled 'Bonds, Stocks, [and] Deed Oran[ge] Farm'.
Notes:
Title from item.
Caption: No class of labor feels the grip of grinding monopoly more than our underpaid, overworked ball-players.
Illus. in: Puck, v. 73, no. 1889 (1913 May 14), cover.
Copyright 1913 by Keppler & Schwarzmann.
Subjects:
Baseball players--1910-1920.
Wages--1910-1920.
Monopolies--1910-1920.
Perspiration--1910-1920.
Anxiety--1910-1920.
Irony--1910-1920.
Laocoön (Legendary character)--1910-1920.
Cartoons (Commentary)--1910-1920.
Magazine covers--1910-1920.
Offset photomechanical prints--Color--1910-1920.
Periodical illustrations--1910-1920.
Bookmark /2011649592/
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