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Wall-Street.com Quiz -- Financial Cartoons

Can You Identify These Pictures?

"Who", "What" and "When" are just as important as "Where".

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In all fairness, your webmaster who created this page doesn't have much in the way of answers, either. Obviously many cartoons come from from the trust busting era which took place around the turn of the century. The only definite information I have comes from Art Today, the source of the art. Each cartoon must have a fascinating story behind it. If you are an historical guru who can enlighten me, I will publish your explanation here. Please send an e-mail message to pj@wall-street.com.

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1.Look Here For Answer.Regarding theAnti-TrustClayton Act.	2.Look Here For Answer.The Wailing Wall (1930's depression?)
3.Look Here For Answer.Wall Street shears the Ford ram.	4.Look Here For Answer.John D. Rockefeller.
5.Look Here For Answer.Elisha Roosevelt sicketh the bears on the Bad Boys of Wall Street.
6.Look Here For Answer.J. P. Morgan	7.Look Here For Answer.Free tade vs marketprotected by tariff.
8.Look Here For Answer.Exciting announcements by oil company produce huge demand for stock.
9.Look Here For Answer.Thomas Nast, US Economy "Now pull him over the falls, andsee if he can reach the point again."	10.Look Here For Answer.The country takes congress to to task for not fixing faulty taxlaws leading to waste.
11.Look Here For Answer."Downfall of Mother Bank. Andrew Jackson.Nicholas Biddle.
12.Look Here For Answer.1874. Banks holding money creating inflation.	13.Look Here For Answer.circa 1921 Campbell's tomato soup ad.
14.Look Here For Answer.1800s, Senator Quay's position on the sugar question as definedby himself.	15.Look Here For Answer.Squeezing the trusts as Roosevelt watches.