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Laughing at the Expense of Labor and Capital

Source: PBS

For nearly fifty years, the American humor magazine Puck sent up politicians, industrialists, capitalists, and even laborers in sophisticated, thought-provoking cartoons. View this gallery of cartoons lampooning the extravagance of the gilded age.

This entry was posted in An Age of Realism and tagged Arts & Entertainment, Culture & Society on July 1, 2021 by melissa.

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