Evolution of the hold-up

Evolution of the hold-up. Illustration shows a traveling couple beset upon by every member of the service industry, coachmen, porters, maids, messengers, busboys, and cooks, for some amount of remuneration. The cartoonist equates this to the hold-up of a stagecoach taking place in the background on the upper left; in the upper right, the manager of the hotel tells his staff to extract payment from the guests in lieu of wages. Date 1901 July 10. Evolution of the hold-up. Illustration shows a traveling couple beset upon by every member of the service industry, coachmen, porters, maids, messengers, busboys, and cooks, for some amount of remuneration. The cartoonist equates this to the hold-up of a stagecoach taking place in the background on the upper left; in the upper right, the manager of the hotel tells his staff to extract payment from the guests in lieu of wages. Date 1901 July 10

Amount Beset Cartoonist Coachmen Cooks Extract Lieu Maids Messengers Payment Porters Puck Stagecoach Tells Traveling Wages

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