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Chicago Tribune Political Cartoons, 1918-1929 - America in Class

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“Taken for a Ride”<br />

<strong>Chicago</strong> Daily <strong>Tribune</strong>, October 25, <strong>1929</strong><br />

Cartoonist: John T. McCutcheon<br />

Bull market: market <strong>in</strong> which stock prices rise over a period.<br />

Bear market: market <strong>in</strong> which stock prices fall over a period.<br />

On October 29, <strong>1929</strong>, four days after this cartoon appeared,<br />

the stock market “crashed,” f<strong>in</strong>ancially ru<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g many small speculators.<br />

Reproduced by permission of the <strong>Chicago</strong> <strong>Tribune</strong>. Digital image courtesy of ProQuest Historical Newspapers.<br />

National Humanities Center <strong>Political</strong> <strong>Cartoons</strong> from the <strong>Chicago</strong> Daily <strong>Tribune</strong>, <strong>1918</strong>-<strong>1929</strong> 24

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