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“Two Great Questions”

Topic:
The Tweed Ring
Source:
Harper’s Weekly
Date:
August 19, 1871, p. 764
 
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In the August 19, 1871 issue of Harper’s Weekly, two of Nast’s finest and best-known satires were drawn on a single woodblock, linked by a common Tammany theme and by Nast’s slashing signature on the center right.  These “Two Great Questions” are: (top) “Who Is Ingersoll’s Co.?” asked by the Tribune in the person of Horace Greeley; and (bottom) “Who Stole the People’s Money?” asked by The Times

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