Jim Fisk, unscrupulous New York financier
Jim Fisk, unscrupulous New York financier, in 1875 portrait engraving after a Mathew Brady photo. He became famous for his role in the scheme to corner the gold market and the resulting Panic of 1869. Fisks life was the subject of THE TOAST OF NEW YORK, a 1937 movie starring Edward Arnold
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13124048
Media ID
45372126
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1507px x 1800px
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Credit
Mary Evans / The Everett Collection
Source
Courtesy Everett Collection
