People We Pass, Stories of Life among the Masses of New York City

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People We Pass, Stories of Life among the Masses of New York City
Image Not Available for People We Pass, Stories of Life among the Masses of New York City

People We Pass, Stories of Life among the Masses of New York City

Date1896
Illustration CitationAdvertising poster for People We Pass, by Ralph Julian (New York: Harper & Bros., 1896) Les Affiches Étrangères, p. 152
MediumCommercial lithograph
Dimensionscomposition: 13 3/4 × 9 7/8 in. (34.9 × 25.1 cm)
sheet: 16 1/2 × 11 1/2 in. (41.9 × 29.2 cm)
Credit LineGift of Helen Farr Sloan, 1977
Object number1977-315
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Label TextEdward Penfield's advertising poster for the book People We Pass, a series of chapters portraying New York City dwellers, depicts figures with varying degrees of propsperity and social interaction.
Image Not Available for The Masses; His Reverence: "Thus, friends, we see the masses filled with a vague, unchristian spirit of discontent. They cry out upon work, bewailing their divinely appointed lot, forgetful, my brethren, of the heavenly law which ordains that only through toil and tribulation, by the narrow path of self-denial, may we enter into the higher values of spiritual blessedness...let us pray!"
The Masses; His Reverence: "Thus, friends, we see the masses filled with a vague, unchristian spirit of discontent. They cry out upon work, bewailing their divinely appointed lot, forgetful, my brethren, of the heavenly law which ordains that only through toil and tribulation, by the narrow path of self-denial, may we enter into the higher values of spiritual blessedness...let us pray!"
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