Wall Street Collection (#9)

Wall Street financial panic, May 1884 C016 / 4597
Wall Street financial panic. 19th-century artwork of scenes of panic on Wall Street, New York, USA, on the morning of 14 May 1884. This crisis was caused by banks calling in existing loans

(1847-1919). American preacher, physician and suffragette. Photographed giving a speech on Wall Street, New York City
ANNA HOWARD SHAW (1847-1919). American preacher, physician and suffragette. Photographed giving a speech on Wall Street, New York City, 7 December 1911

UT, Bryce Canyon National Park, Ponderosa Pine tree with sunburst, at Wall Street on the Navajo Loop trail

Out of the Ruins. Thomas Nasts depiction of President Ulysses S. Grant as the nations financial saviour following Black
BANK PANIC CARTOON, 1873. Out of the Ruins. Thomas Nasts depiction of President Ulysses S. Grant as the nations financial saviour following Black Friday, 19 September 1873

View of Federal Hall in New York City, site of George Washingtons presidential inauguration in 1789
NEW YORK: FEDERAL HALL. View of Federal Hall in New York City, site of George Washingtons presidential inauguration in 1789. Wood engraving, 19th century

Fraunces Tavern, at 101 Broad Street, corner of Pearl Street, where General George Washington bade farewell to his
NEW YORK: FRAUNCES TAVERN. Fraunces Tavern, at 101 Broad Street, corner of Pearl Street, where General George Washington bade farewell to his officers on 4 December 1783. Drawing, 1889

CIVIL WAR PROFITEERING. Protesting against speculators, who made big profits on Wall Street during the American Civil War, accusing them of fraud and forgery

PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN, 1884. The great Grover Cleveland meeting of business men in Wall Street. Wood engraving from a contemporary American newspaper

STATUE OF LIBERTY, c1884. The Sons of Liberty collecting money for the completion of the pedestal of the Statue of Liberty, donated by France. Wood engraving, American, c1884

NEW YORK: EXCHANGE, 1831. Interior view of the Merchants Exchange on Wall Street in New York City. The building was destroyed in the great fire of 1835

NEW YORK: FEDERAL HALL. Old City Hall (Federal Hall) on Wall Street, New York City in 1789. Steel engraving, c1840

BANK OF NEW YORK, 1871. The Bank of New York at the corner of Wall Street and Willam Street, New York City. Wood engraving, American, 1871

NEW YORK WATERFRONT, 1679. View of the foot of Wall Street and the ferry house, New York, as they appeared in 1679. Wood engraving, American, 1882

NEW AMSTERDAM: BOUNDARY. View toward the northern boundary of the colony of New Amsterdam at Wall Street, c1653. Wood engraving, c1883

BANK PANIC, 1873. Investors gathering around a ticker tape machine on Wall Street during the panic of 1873. Wood engraving from an American newspaper of October 1873

BANK PANIC, 1873. The Paying Teller. Wood engraving from an American newspaper of Ocotber 1873

FINANCIER, CARTOON, 1873. A banker at the Catch im & Pluck im establishment sitting on his gains. Cartoon comment on the panic of 1873 from a contemporary American newspaper

BANK PANIC, 1873. Excitement on Wall Street during the financial crisis of 1873. Wood engraving from an American newspaper of October 1873

BANK PANIC, 1873. An investor grieving over his losses during the panic of 1873. Wood engraving from an American newspaper of 1873

BANK PANIC, 1884. Wall Street, New York, during the panic of 1884, caused by the sudden failure of the Grant and Ward Bank. Wood engraving from a contemporary American newspaper

BANK PANIC, 1857. Scene in Wall Street, New York, during the financial crises of 1857. Wood engraving from a contemporary American newspaper

STOCKBROKERS, 1864. Kerbstone Stockbrokers in New York. Wood engraving, American, 1864

WALL STREET, 1859. The eastern end of Wall Street, New York. Wood engraving from an English newspaper of 1859

GOLD PANIC, 1863. Speculators on Wall Street, New York, during the gold panic of March 1863. Wood engraving from a contemporary American newspaper

NEW YORK: CITY HALL, 1776. City Hall in New York as it looked in 1776. Wood engraving, 1876

BANK PANIC, 1869. Scene in the New York Gold Room during the Gold Panic, Black Friday, of 24 September 1869. Wood engraving from a contemporary American newspaper

BANK PANIC, 1869. Scene in the Gold Room during the Gold Panic of 24 September 1869, Black Friday

NAST: FUTURE NEW YORK, 1881. New York in a Few Years from now. Cartoon, 1881, by Thomas Nast, showing the southern tip of Manhattan crowded with skyscrapers

NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE. Interior view of the New York Stock Exchange at 10 Broad Street. Line engraving, 1881

NEW YORK CITY CHURCH, 1737. Trinity Church, established at Broadway and Wall Street in 1697, as it appeared in 1737: wood engraving, 1877

WALL STREET FIRE, 1835. The Merchants Exchange in New York City ablaze during the great fire of 1835. Line engraving, 19th century

WALL STREET, 1865. The United States Sub-Treasury Building (the Old Customs House) at Wall and Nassau Street. Wood engraving, 1865

WALL STREET, 1889. Looking west on Wall Street, New York. Wood engraving, late 19th century

BLACK FRIDAY, 1869. The New York Stock Exchange board in session, 25 September 1869 - the day after the original Black Friday gold panic on Wall Street

NEW YORK: WALL STREET. Peter Stuyvesant at the Wall along Wall Street in New Amsterdam. Wood engraving, 19th century

NY STOCK EXCHANGE, 1885. Wood engraving, 1885

NEW YORK: BROADWAY, 1831. The Old Broadway Stages in 1831. Broadway at St. Pauls Chapel. Wood engraving after a lithograph, 1831

NEW YORK: FRAUNCES TAVERN. Fraunces Tavern, at 101 Broad Street, corner of Pearl Street, where General George Washington bade farewell to his officers on 4 December 1783. Etching and engraving, c1885

NY STOCK EXCHANGE, 1881. Trading on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange: colored engraving, 1881

WALL STREET, 1752. The Royal Exchange at the foot of Broad Street, New York, built in 1752

NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE. Interior of the New York Stock Exchange at 10 Broad Street. Line engraving, 1885

NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE. Christmas carnival in the New York Stock Exchange. Line engraving, 1885

DUTCH & NATIVE AMERICAN TRADE. Dutch colonists trading with the Native Americans at New Amsterdam. American engraving, 19th century

PETER STUYVESANT (1592-1672) at the fortified wall built by the Dutch at New Amsterdam, the forerunner of present-day Wall Street in Manhattan: American engraving, 19th century

NY STOCK EXCHANGE, 1878. The interior of a New York City stock exchange for speculation on small margins: wood engraving, 1878

NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE. Line engraving, 1885

WALL STREET, 1852. Merchants Exchange. Wood engraving, 1852

NEW YORK: WALL STREET. Merchants Exchange. Wood engraving, c1830

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