Raynor HCA 2013-07
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 7/18/2013
Carte de visite of James Fisk, Jr. with “Geo. Stinson & Co., Publishers, Portland, Me.” Fine condition. James Fisk, Jr. (1835-1872), known variously as "Big Jim," "Diamond Jim," and "Jubilee Jim," was an American stock broker and corporate executive. Fisk was vilified by high society for his amoral and eccentric ways and by many pundits of the day for his business dealings, but was loved and mourned by the workingmen of New York and the Erie Railroad. During the Stokes trial, his quick assistance to the victims of the Great Chicago Fire was remembered in a song, "Jim Fisk (He Never Went Back on the Poor)". He was known as "Colonel" for being the nominal commander of the 9th New York National Guard Infantry Regiment, although his only experience of military action with this unit was an inglorious role in the Orange Riot of July 12, 1871.
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