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- Political Cartoon, "Progressive Democracy, Prospect of a Smash Up," 1860 -
- 1860
- Collections - Artifact
Political Cartoon, "Progressive Democracy, Prospect of a Smash Up," 1860
- "Tammany" Mechanical Bank, circa 1875 - This bank caricatures a typical corrupt politician of New York City's Tammany Hall, the seat of the city's Democratic Party at the time, nodding in appreciation with each coin deposited. The J. & E. Stevens Company, founded in 1843, began producing banks in 1869 and their line became the largest in the world during the 1870s and 1880s.
- circa 1875
- Collections - Artifact
"Tammany" Mechanical Bank, circa 1875
This bank caricatures a typical corrupt politician of New York City's Tammany Hall, the seat of the city's Democratic Party at the time, nodding in appreciation with each coin deposited. The J. & E. Stevens Company, founded in 1843, began producing banks in 1869 and their line became the largest in the world during the 1870s and 1880s.