Our good ship "National Credit" in danger from a silver-spout - 1885 USA political cartoon

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Bow of a ship approaching a waterspout labeled "80ct $" and "$2,000,000 a Month", and a shark labeled "Panic"; along the side of the ship are President Cleveland as captain, and several men, all unidentified, but may include George F. Edmunds, William M. Evarts, William F. Vilas, Edward L. Hedden, John Sherman, and Augustus Garland, among others. They are about to fire a gun labeled "Repeal of Silver Coinage Act" to break up the waterspout.

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Size: 4292px × 6983px
Photo credit: © Niday Picture Library / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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