Digital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library
Jay Gould's private bowling alley
Opper, Frederick Burr, 1857-1937 · March 29, 1882
Print shows Jay Gould bowling on Wall Street using bowling balls labeled " Private Press, General Unscrupulousness, False Reports, [and] Trickery" to knock down pins labeled "Banker, Small Operator, Speculator, Stock Dabbler, Broker, Inexperienced Investor, Capitalist, [and] Curb Stone Broker". Includes a slate showing Gould's holdings in various railroads, "Western Union, Missouri Pacific, Manhattan 'L', Wabash, New York Metr. 'L', [and] Wabash Preferred" totaling "53,000,000".
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