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A tinted lithograph: "The Curse of California." This two-page illustration portrays the powerful railroad monopoly as an octopus, with its many tentacles controlling such financial interests as the elite of Nob Hill, farmers, lumber interests, shipping, fruit growers, stage lines, mining, and the wine industry.
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G. Frederick Keller
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The Wasp, August 19, 1882, vol. 9. No. 316, pp. 520-521. Image taken from http://nationalhumanitiescenter.org/pds/gilded/power/text1/octopusimages.pdf
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August 19, 1882
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United States
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