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Lights and shadows

Lights and shadows. Illustration shows a fat businessman reclining on a large coin, basking in the bright light of Special Privilege while dreaming of castles in the air; on the other side of the coin is factory life in dark and polluted Pittsburgh, and where factory workers struggle to flip the coin blocking the light from their city and their lives. Date 1909 September 22. Lights and shadows. Illustration shows a fat businessman reclining on a large coin, basking in the bright light of Special Privilege while dreaming of castles in the air; on the other side of the coin is factory life in dark and polluted Pittsburgh, and where factory workers struggle to flip the coin blocking the light from their city and their lives. Date 1909 September 22

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