Licensed wreckers - in the hands of the receivers LCCN2012645631, 1882

Title: licensed wreckers - in the hands of the receivers abstract: print shows a ship labeled "wrecked corporation" and "insurance co. Bankrupt" that has wrecked on rocks with a darkened lighthouse labeled "trust" and "justice" nearby; its light has been snuffed by "judge" and "corruption". Victims of the wreck, some clinging to the ship, others in the water, are labeled "policy holder" and "pillaged policy holder". A rope from the ship to shore is held by a "receiver", a "lawyer", and a "shore shark", and is coiled around a money bag labeled "fee". Another "lawyer", using a gaff, reaches for a barrel labeled "fees" that bobs in the water near the ship. Standing near the lighthouse is a man labeled "referee" who is holding a pan labeled "false beacon" that spews illuminated smoke labeled "by order of the court"; he burns papers labeled "waste, outrageous extravagance, extortion, [and] cost". Physical description: 1 print: chromolithograph. Notes: illus. From puck, v. 11, no. 262, (1882 march 15), centerfold.;copyright 1882 by keppler & schwarzmann.;j. Keppler.;title from item. Date: 1882.