The pit,the pendulum,Illustration,Puck,Graft Tariff,Cost of Living,consumer,1909

Title: The pit and the pendulum
Related Names:
Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849. Pit and the pendulum.
Date Created/Published: N.Y. : Published by Keppler & Schwarzmann, Puck Building, 1909 May 26.
Summary: Illustration shows a man labeled 'Consumer' tied to a bed with cords labeled 'Graft Tariff', watches as a pendulum labeled 'Cost of Living' with a sharp blade afixed to the bottom swings over his body, coming closer to cutting him in half.
Notes:
Title from item.
Caption: 'The pit and the pendulum,' by Edgar Allan Poe, tells of a victim of the Spanish Inquisition doomed to watch a knife-like pendulum that swung nearer and nearer to his heart.
Illus. in: Puck, v. 65, no. 1682 (1909 May 26), centerfold.
Copyright 1909 by Keppler & Schwarzmann.
Subjects:
Consumers--1900-1910.
Cost & standard of living--1900-1910.
Tariffs--1900-1910.
Corruption--1900-1910.
Death--1900-1910.
Reform--1900-1910.
Pendulum--1900-1910.
Cartoons (Commentary)--1900-1910.
Offset photomechanical prints--Color--1900-1910.
Periodical illustrations--1900-1910.
Bookmark /2011647473/
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