Cut-throat business in Wall Street. How the inexperienced lose their heads LCCN2012647282, 1881

Title: cut-throat business in wall street. How the inexperienced lose their heads abstract: print shows william h. Vanderbilt, jay gould, russell sage and james r. Keene checking ticker tape connected to a large straight-edge razor labeled "wade in & butcher'em" and "this indicator rises & falls with stocks" with a bear and a bull and several money bags labeled "$" balanced on the back of the blade; below, draped over the handle are many investors reaching for bundles of "pacific mail, western union, [and] erie" stocks, the blade is poised to drop. In the background another group of investors labeled "the lambs brigade" are headed into the "n. Y. Stock exchange". Physical description: 1 print: chromolithograph. Notes: illus. From puck, v. 9 [i. E. , 10], no. 235, (1881 september 7), centerfold.;j. Keppler.;copyright 1881 by keppler & schwarzmann.;title from item. See also the bigger german version: file:halsabschneiden in wall street - wie die unerfahrenen ihren kopf verlieren. Jpg. Date: 1881.