Design for a Union Station - Bradley, 18 October 1907

*title: design for a union station creator(s): bradley, luther daniels, 1853-1917, artist date created/published: 1907 oct. 18 [publication date] medium: 1 drawing: india ink over pencil, with scraping out on bristol board; 43. 2 x 35. 3 cm. (sheet) summary: bradley depicts the commission's view of the situation by showing numerous train lines riding towards a giant head of harriman. His mouth, wide open as if to form a tunnel, is about to swallow the various railways. Reproduction number: lc-usz62-84052 (b&w film copy neg. ) rights advisory: no known restrictions on publication. No renewal in copyright office. Call number: swann - no. 1718 (b size) [p&p] repository: library of congress prints and photographs division washington, d. C. 20540 usa http://hdl. Loc. Gov/loc. Pnp/pp. Print notes: a sign to the left pointing in the direction of the railroad magnate reads, "united states [states has a line going through it] harriman railroads. " no copyright information found with item. Published caption reads: design for a union depot: pretty soon. Signed, lower left: bradley. Bequest and gift; caroline and erwin swann; 1974; (dlc/pp-1974:232. 1546) from 1906-07 the holdings and business practices of railroad administrator and financier edward henry harriman, became the focus of an investigation by the interstate commerce commission. The committee charged that harriman's use of union pacific resources (the company of which he was president since 1903) to invest in the stocks, bonds, and securities of competing railways, was an unlawful attempt to squelch competition and gain control of the market. Published in: chicago daily news, october 18, 1907. Published in: the image of america in caricature & cartoon / amon carter museum of western art. Fort worth: the museum, 1975, p. 99. Exhibited: amon carter museum of western art, "the image of america in caricature & cartoon," 1976. Date: 18 October 1907.