Scenes in Wall Street during the panic. Jay Cooke & Company's office – Vintage Photo Print
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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This rare antique engraving captures Scenes in Wall Street during the panic. Jay Cooke & Company's office in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Scenes in Wall Street during the panic. Jay Cooke & Company's office
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Jay Cooke & Company's office on Wall Street is the focus of this wood engraving, which *Harper's Weekly* ran on October 11, 1873. The banking house had been one of the most powerful financiers of the Civil War bond sales and a leading backer of the Northern Pacific Railroad, so its collapse in September 1873 shook confidence across the country. The firm's failure set off a financial panic that closed the New York Stock Exchange for about ten days and spread into a longer economic depression. The scene captures the crowds and anxiety of the street during those weeks.
| Created / published | 1873 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : wood engraving. |
| Genre | Periodical illustrations 1870-1880.Wood engravings 1870-1880. |
| Notes | Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1873 Oct. 11, p. 893. |
| Subjects | Wall Street (New York, N.Y.)--1870-1880. Business panics--New York (State)--New York--1870-1880. Stock exchanges--New York (State)--New York--1870-1880. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,089 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-169996 |
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