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Curb brokers in Wall Street, New York City – Antique Photo Print

Curb brokers in Wall Street, New York City, 1920 Oct. 2. — historic photograph
Curb brokers in Wall Street, New York City, 1920 Oct. 2.. Historic photograph from the New York City collection.

(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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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of Curb brokers in Wall Street, New York City. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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Curb brokers in Wall Street, New York City

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Curb brokers crowd a Wall Street block in this photograph from October 2, 1920, when the curb market was an open-air trading floor in the street outside the New York Stock Exchange. Brokers shouted orders and signaled one another amid the traffic and onlookers, and the crowds in the picture show how busy the district was. The image is a Bain News Service print from the George Grantham Bain Collection. It was taken only about two weeks after a bomb exploded on Wall Street on September 16, 1920, which killed dozens of people and left the area under heavy attention.

Created / published1920 Oct. 2.
Medium1 photographic. print.
GenrePhotographic. prints 1920.
NotesPhotoprint by Bain News Service. George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).
SubjectsStock exchanges--New York (State)--New York--1920. Crowds--New York (State)--New York--1920.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 959 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-165196

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