He loves me, he loves me not
1906
Frank Nankivell's 1906 political cartoon turns a childhood game into a biting financial satire. A woman personifying 'Wall Street' and the 'Stock Exchange' nervously plucks petals labeled 'Tight Money' and 'Easy Money' from a giant flower, playing 'He loves me, he loves me not.' Behind her, an anxious man labeled 'Cortelyou'—likely Treasury Secretary George Cortelyou—watches the market's whims with bated breath, capturing the panic and uncertainty of early 20th-century finance. The sheep in the background adds a touch of humor, perhaps representing the average investor waiting to be fleeced.
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