-Le bon temps est passé..... dire que maintenant, pour s'enrichir à la bourse, il faut commencer par avoir au moins vingt sous!...
Title (alt.):
- The good times are over..... they say that now, in order to get rich at the stock exchange, to start with you must have at least 20 sous!.... Charivari
Description:
Some men are complaining that they have to have twenty cents to get into the stock exchange. As of 1857 there was an entry fee of 1 franc per day, or 175 francs for the whole year to enter the stock exchange.
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Place of origin:
Paris
Notes:
2nd state.
Published in: Le Charivari, January 30, 1857.
Notes (acquisition):
Donated by: Benjamin A. and Julia M. Trustman, 1959.