On margin / James Montgomery Flagg. – Vintage Wall Art
![On margin / James Montgomery Flagg., [published 1929 Nov. 15] — historic print](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/a3/a342cb0d79e9-L.webp)
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On margin / James Montgomery Flagg.
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On Margin" takes its title from the practice of buying stock with borrowed money, a habit that turned ruinous once share prices fell. James Montgomery Flagg, best known for his Uncle Sam recruiting poster, drew this commentary cartoon for a periodical published in November 1929, a few weeks after the October crash. Its contrast is the point: anxious readers hunch over the financial pages while one man on the telephone looks pleased, a reminder that the same market could ruin one investor and seem to reward another.
| Created / published | [published 1929 Nov. 15] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photomechanical print (2 pages) : halftone. |
| Genre | Cartoons (Commentary) 1920-1930.Periodical illustrations 1920-1930.Halftone photomechanical prints 1920-1930. |
| Notes | Cartoon, concerning the stock market crash, showing worried-looking people reading newspaper, and smiling man on telephone. |
| Subjects | Stock exchanges--United States--1920-1930. Saving & investment--1920-1930. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,096 × 3,261 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-185089 |
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