Crystal Bridges Art

By lantzj

  • Coinage Act

    officially demonetized silver in order to move the United States to adopt the gold standard

  • Panic of 1873

  • Period: to

    Painted images of money as a subtheme of American Art

  • William Harnett's "Five Dollar Bill"

    William Harnett's "Five Dollar Bill"

  • Basket of Peaches

    Basket of Peaches
    by: Joseph Decker

  • Small Change

    Small Change
    by: John Haberle

  • Bland-Allison Act

    directed the U.S. Treasury to purchase silver at a high price and put it into circulation as silver dollars
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    U.S. in severe depression

  • The Cross of Gold

    The Cross of Gold
    by: Victor Dubreuil

  • William Jennings Bryan's Cross of Gold Speech

    Democrat William Bryan speaks out for free coinage of silver to help the poor.

  • Defeat of William Jennings Bryan by William McKinely