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Black-and-white illustration of elegant diners in evening dress at a grand ballroom banquet, one man bowing and peering at a crack in the checkered floor. Below the floor, ragged, strained workers crouch and push upward to hold it up. Signed Balfour-Ker. Caption: "FROM THE DEPTHS". Copyright 1909 by J.A. Mitchell.

Rich Dance Atop the Poor Holding Up the Floor

A vintage 1909 illustration shows wealthy partygoers feasting on a floor held up by struggling laborers below, a classic wealth gap image of oligarchy.

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Black-and-white illustration of elegant diners in evening dress at a grand ballroom banquet, one man bowing and peering at a crack in the checkered floor. Below the floor, ragged, strained workers crouch and push upward to hold it up. Signed Balfour-Ker. Caption: "FROM THE DEPTHS". Copyright 1909 by J.A. Mitchell.

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