The great municipal "freak" - the New York tax-payer (LOC)

Opper, Frederick Burr,, 1857-1937,, artist.

 

The great municipal "freak" - the New York tax-payer

 

N.Y. : Published by Keppler & Schwarzmann, 1886 January 6.

 

1 print : chromolithograph.

 

Notes:

Title from item.

Caption: He excites the wonder and amusement of the civilized world - including Brooklyn.

Illus. from Puck, v. 18, no. 461, (1886 January 6), cover.

Copyright 1886 by Keppler & Schwarzmann.

Illustration shows Puck as a barker at a sideshow, presenting as a "freak" the New York City tax payer, pointing to a sign on the wall that states "Here you are now! The New York Tax-Payer!! The Greatest Curiosity ever on Exhibition! He pays $36 Per Capita. For the Privilege of Living in the Dirtiest and Worst-Governed City in the World!" Tax payers from Brooklyn at "$10.88 per capita, Berlin $7.35 per capita, Paris $5.40 per capita, [and] London $7.40 per capita" view the exhibit.

 

Subjects:

Tax payers--1880-1890.

Human curiosities--1880-1890.

Sideshows--1880-1890.

 

Format: Periodical illustrations--1880-1890.

Magazine covers--1880-1890.

Cartoons (Commentary)--1880-1890.

Chromolithographs--Color--1880-1890.

 

Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.

 

Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print

 

Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsca.28158

 

Call Number: Illus. in AP101.P7 1886

 

 

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