WALLSTREET CLOSES WEAK: FEARS

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WALLSTREET CLOSES WEAK: FEARS
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Wall Street experienced panics in 1901 and 1907, with the panic beginning the Great Depression occuring in 1929.

See another newsreel item's page for more on the history of the New York Stock Exchange.

Related Images:
1. "A swarm gathers on Wall Street during the bank panic in October 1907."
2. A 1912 run on a bank in east New York City.
3. The floor of the New York Stock Exchange, ca. 1908.
4. This 1910 cover of the British magazine Puck satirizes the influence of bankers such as J.P. Morgan on the American economy: "The Central Bank--Why should Uncle Sam establish one, when Uncle Pierpont is already on the job?"

Source(s)

1. "1907 Panic", October 1907. New York Public Library via Wikimedia Commons.
2. "Run on East Side Bank, N.Y. 2/16/12". Library of Congress Flickr Stream.
3. "Stockexchange", photograph taken by Helen D. Van Eaton, published in Leslie's Monthly Magazine on March 19, 1908. New York Public Library via Wikimedia Commons.
4. "Morgan cartoon-1", February 2, 1910. Puck Magazine cover illustration by Frank A. Nankivell. Library of Congress via Wikimedia Commons.

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