- Ça doit être bien amusant là-dedans, puisque ça coûte vingt sous d'entrée..... fais-moi donc entrer..... peut-être que les enfants ne payent que demi-place?.....
- Ça doit être bien amusant là-dedans, puisque ça coûte vingt sous d'entrée..... fais-moi donc entrer..... peut-être que les enfants ne payent que demi-place?.....
Title (alt.):
Charivari. It must be fun in there since it costs 20 cents to enter..... let me go in..... Maybe children only pay half price?.....
Description:
A son tells his father that it looks like fun in the stock exchange. He wants his father to try to get him in and maybe children only pay half price. As of 1857 one had to buy a ticket to enter the stock exchange, paying 1 Franc per day or a yearly entry permit for 175 Francs.
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Place of origin:
Paris
Notes:
Published in: Le Charivari, February 27, 1857.
1st state.
Notes (acquisition):
Donated by: Benjamin A. and Julia M. Trustman, 1959.