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English: "The Curse of California." Tinted lithograph. 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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Source 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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George Frederick Keller  (1846–) Blue pencil.svg wikidata:Q50809195
 
George Frederick Keller
Alternative names G. Frederick Keller; George F. Keller; F. Keller
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Date of birth/death 1846 Edit this at Wikidata after 1883
date QS:P,+1883-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1883-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
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Location of birth Prussia
Work location San Francisco Edit this at Wikidata
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current17:33, 28 August 2014Thumbnail for version as of 17:33, 28 August 2014749 × 1,132 (863 KB)Junkyardsparkle (talk | contribs)Full resolution from source PDF, with levels adjustment.
06:57, 6 September 2010Thumbnail for version as of 06:57, 6 September 2010573 × 867 (449 KB)Howcheng (talk | contribs)larger version
06:29, 4 October 2005Thumbnail for version as of 06:29, 4 October 2005226 × 333 (27 KB)Lordkinbote~commonswiki (talk | contribs)A tinted lithograph from The Wasp, August 19, 1882, vol. 9. No. 316, pp. 520-521. "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

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