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Broadside (18 x 12 in.). Old folds. Very good.
The Panic of 1873 was set off by the failure of Jay Cooke & Co., the leading American banker of its day. Because of financial crises in Europe , the Credit Mobilier scandal, and related problems, the firm declared bankruptcy on September 18, 1873. The bank's failure set of a chain of events including the failure of many insurance companies and banks and the ten-day closure of the New York Stock Exchange starting on September 20. Within two months 55 railroads had failed. The downturn, which lasted for the rest of the decade, was known as the Great Depression until the 1930s depression took that name.
This broadside, headed "Senseless Panic," attempts to reassure the public that the banks are not ruined and, apart from "undue expansion in the railroad interest," all is well. It begins, "It is high time the public recovered their reason. The panic has infinitely exceeded any real occasion in the situation of affairs. … There has not been one banking or… Read More

Gelatin silver print. 11 x 14 in. Tear and crease at upper right. Newly and handsomely framed using archival materials.


The torch of the Statue of Liberty was exhibited in Madison Square Park, New York to raise funds for the statue's completion. The torch remained in the park from 1876 through 1882.
"Bartholdi was inspired by French law professor and politician Édouard René de Laboulaye, who is said to have commented in 1865 that any monument raised to American independence would properly be a joint project of the French and American peoples. He may have been minded to honor the Union victory in the American Civil War and the end of slavery. Due to the troubled political situation in France, work on the statue did not commence until the early 1870s. In 1875, Laboulaye proposed that the French finance the statue and the Americans provide the site and build the pedestal. Bartholdi completed the head and the torch-bearing arm before the statue was fully designed, and these pieces were… Read More