You and your infernal stock market have hurt Italian progress terribly – Historic Print
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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This rare historic drawing captures You and your infernal stock market have hurt Italian progress terribly in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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You and your infernal stock market have hurt Italian progress terribly
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Uncle Sam takes the blame in this December 1930 cartoon, with Benito Mussolini complaining that the American stock market has badly damaged Italian progress, and bears, the Wall Street symbol for falling prices, are among the figures drawn into the scene. The Wall Street crash of October 1929 spread quickly overseas as banks failed and trade contracted, and by 1930 Italy's exports and industry were feeling the strain. Cartoons like this one used such figures to argue that a financial collapse in one country was pulling down others.
| Created / published | 1930 Dec. 21. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 drawing. |
| Genre | Cartoons (Commentary) American.Drawings. |
| Subjects | Mussolini, Benito,--1883-1945. Uncle Sam (Symbolic character)--1930. Bears--1930. Depressions--Italy--1930. Stock market--United States--1930. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,370 px · prints to 5 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-118736 |
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