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English: "The Curse of California." Tinted lithograph. This two-page illustration portrays the powerful railroad monopoly as an octopus, with its many tentacles controlling such financial interests as the elite of Nob Hill, farmers, lumber interests, shipping, fruit growers, stage lines, mining, and the wine industry.
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Source The Wasp, August 19, 1882, vol. 9. No. 316, pp. 520-521. Image taken from http://nationalhumanitiescenter.org/pds/gilded/power/text1/octopusimages.pdf
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George Frederick Keller  (1846–)  wikidata:Q50809195
 
George Frederick Keller
Alternative names
G. Frederick Keller; George F. Keller; F. Keller
Description cartoonist
Date of birth/death 1846 Edit this at Wikidata after 1883
date QS:P,+1883-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1883-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
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Location of birth Prussia Edit this at Wikidata
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San Francisco Edit this at Wikidata
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creator QS:P170,Q50809195
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current17:33, 28 August 2014Thumbnail for version as of 17:33, 28 August 2014749 × 1,132 (863 KB)JunkyardsparkleFull resolution from source PDF, with levels adjustment.
06:57, 6 September 2010Thumbnail for version as of 06:57, 6 September 2010573 × 867 (449 KB)Holly Chenglarger version
06:29, 4 October 2005Thumbnail for version as of 06:29, 4 October 2005226 × 333 (27 KB)Lordkinbote~commonswikiA tinted lithograph from The Wasp, August 19, 1882, vol. 9. No. 316, pp. 520-521. "The Curse of California." This two-page illustration portrays the powerful railroad monopoly as an octopus, with its many tentacles controlling such financial interests as

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