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Irving Trust Bldg., 1 Wall St. - Irving Underhill Co. photo

JO8624 U.S. Copyright Office. No. C 20599. Copyright by Irving Underhill, Inc., N.Y.C.

Craigie, Wainwright, and Co. druggists, No. 37, Wall-Street, corner of...

A gone case. A scene in Wall-Street

A comic scene representing two New York city political factions, the Whigs and the radical Democrats (or "Loco Focos"), as scuffling newsboys. The scene takes place before the half-built Customs House, where se... More

Treasury note, Washington, D.C., Political Cartoon

A parody of the often worthless fractional currencies or "shinplasters" issued by banks, businesses, and municipalities in lieu of coin. These fractional notes proliferated during the Panic of 1837 with the eme... More

The ship of state on a lee shore, experienced hands coming to her res...

The artist forecasts a Whig electoral victory and dramatizes the politically ruinous effects of Van Buren's fiscal policy and his alignment with Loco Foco forces in New York. Whig candidate William Henry Harri... More

Brooklyn, L.I., as seen from Trinity Church, New York / painted by J.W...

Print shows piers and wharves and the dock area of the "Wall Street Ferry" looking from Trinity Church across the East River toward Brooklyn; many ships are at dock, also shows many carts and wagons, pedestrian... More

Tinnie Clafin, Wall Street broker. Female portrait of American Civil W...

Original Caption: Tinnie Clafin, Wall Street broker..U.S. National Archives’ Local Identifier: 111-B-2267..From:: Series: Mathew Brady Photographs of Civil War-Era Personalities and Scenes, (Record Group 111).... More

Down Broadway, from below Wall St

No. 2974. Public domain photograph of New York, stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The popular loan to the federal government - scene in the main room of...

Print shows a busy interior scene at the Assay Office on Wall Street in New York City, N.Y., where many citizens have come to loan money to the federal government to help finance the war. Illus. in: Frank Lesl... More

[Broadway from Wall St. North - N.Y.]

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Extra Wall Street Underwriter. Synopsis of the returns filed in the Ma...

On verso: Filed Dec 22, 1866. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 127, Folder 10c.

Henry Keep, the Wall Street financier / JW [monogram].

Illustration showing Henry Keep, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 12, no. 576 (1868 January 11), p. 29.

Wall St. Ferry, Brooklyn, New York in Distance.

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What a fall was there, my countrymen! / Th. Nast.

Cartoon showing ruins of Wall Street and other buildings, dead animals piled up on street, and sign reading "this 'street' is closed for repairs." Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 13, 1869 Oct. 16, p. 672.

Scenes in Wall Street during the panic. Jay Cooke & Company's office

Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1873 Oct. 11, p. 893.

The Great Financial Panic - Intersection of Nassau and Broad Streets w...

Crowd in street. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, 1873 Oct. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: NY NYC Streets Wall; NY NYC Misc. 1873; Finance; Shelf.

Panic, as a health officer, sweeping the garbage out of Wall Street

Cover illustration shows grotesque giant sweeping with a broom as people behind him panic next to Drexel & Co. building.

New York City--A hot day in Wall Street

Eleven illustrations showing various types of people and life in Wall Street, such as speculators, telegraph messengers, and clerks. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, v. 36, (1873 August 9), p. 345.

Scenes in Wall Street during the panic. Run on the Union Trust Company

Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1873 Oct. 11, p. 893.

Out of the Ruins / Th. Nast.. 19th century, Library of Congress collec...

Cartoon showing Pres. Grant helping female personification of America out of the wreckage of Wall Street, saying "I am glad to see that you are not seriously hurt. The houses in this 'Street' have been shaky an... More

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Cut-throat business in Wall Street. How the inexperienced lose their h...

Print shows William H. Vanderbilt, Jay Gould, Russell Sage and James R. Keene checking ticker tape connected to a large straight-edge razor labeled "Wade in & Butcher'em" and "This Indicator Rises & Falls with ... More

The moths and the candle / F. Graetz.

Print shows Cyrus W. Field and Jay Gould as parts of a candle holder labeled "Wall Street" with a candle burning the flame of "Speculation" which draws moths with their savings to the light, as they get too clo... More

Jay Gould's private bowling alley / F. Opper.

Print shows Jay Gould bowling on Wall Street using bowling balls labeled " Private Press, General Unscrupulousness, False Reports, [and] Trickery" to knock down pins labeled "Banker, Small Operator, Speculator,... More

The deadly upas tree of Wall Street / J. Keppler.

Print shows a large, old tree at the edge of body of water with Albany, N.Y. on the right, in the background, and the U.S. Capitol on the left, in the background. Hanging from the branches are many coins with "... More

The "three honest men" of Wall Street declare for Blaine / F. Opper.

Illustration shows Russell Sage, Jay Gould, and Cyrus W. Field as the Three Musketeers standing on Wall Street with their swords raised in support of James G. Blaine as the Republican presidential candidate; Sa... More

Drowning in his own "pool" / F. Graetz.

Illustration shows Jay Gould drowning in "Watered Stocks" certificates, some labeled "Watered W.U.T." and "Watered Wabash", at the bottom of the steps to Federal Hall on Wall Street in New York City. William H.... More

A Wall Street cleaner / J. Keppler.

Illustration shows a woman labeled "Legitimate Business" cracking a whip that spells "Crash", driving a two-wheeled cart drawn by two horses with a large brush labeled "No Over-Certification Clearing House" att... More

His boasted magnetism - and the kind of metal it attracts / Gillam.

Illustration shows James G. Blaine as the "plumed knight" wearing cabbage leaves on his head with two plumes labeled "Brag" and "Bluster", and with a quill pen labeled "Gail Hamilton"; he holds a sword labeled ... More

The "Little Napoleon of Wall Street" in exile / F. Opper.

Illustration shows Ferdinand Ward as Napoleon I sitting on a pile of stones labeled "Ludlow St. St. Helena" in the middle of a river with the New York City skyline behind him; some of the signs on buildings st... More

[Washington Statue, Sub-treasury, New York City]

Photo shows the statue of George Washington on Wall Street, covered in snow by the Great Blizzard of 1888. The building is now called the Federal Hall National Memorial. Title from image of this statue in the B... More

The Humors of the presidential campaign in New York City. A political ...

Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1888 Oct. 27, p. 172.

The foot-ball of the future / C.G. Bush '89.

Full page includes illustration showing football being played in armor with lances, an article about Wall Street, and advertisements.

The fake operator and his dupe / Keppler, Jr.

Print shows Whitelaw Reid, editor of the New York Tribune newspaper, typing headlines that appear on ticker tape that is being read by a stalwart Republican; the headlines include: "The Country on the Brink of ... More

Our religious landlords and their rookery tenants / C.J. Taylor.

Print shows a group of wealthy citizens exiting Trinity Church on Wall Street, New York City, with poor persons huddled on the street on both sides, and tenement housing in the background. The inscription over ... More

We are not a nation of swindlers! / C.J. Taylor.

Print shows the statue of George Washington, full-length, standing with right arm raised, with fasces, at Federal Hall on Wall Street, New York City, N.Y., and a large crowd of men standing on steps, among them... More

Broadway, East Side. Exchange Pl. to Wall St.

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Dr. Anna Shaw in Wall Street - Public domain demonstration photograph

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Gay St. north from Wall [Street], Knoxville, Tenn.

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[Wall Street, New York, N.Y.] - Public domain image. Dry plate negativ...

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Harriman, Ripley, & Co. owner holds firm never violated banking laws. ...

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U.S. Sub-treasury [Federal Hall], Wall St., New York

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U.S. Sub-treasury [Federal Hall], Wall St., New York

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[Pittsburgh Wall Street (4th Ave.), Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania]

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Wall Streeter and occassional Administration Advisor opens new monopol...

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Wall St., looking west from Gay [Street], Knoxville, Tenn.

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Reverend Dame speaking to crowd on Wall St., New York

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Wall Street bubbles; - Always the same / J. Ottmann Lith. Co. ; Kep.

Caricature of John Pierpont Morgan as a bull blowing bubbles "inflated values", for which group of people are reaching. Illus. in: Puck, v. 49, no. 1264 (1901 May 22), centerfold. Copyright by Keppler & Schwarzmann.

Wall street bubbles; - always the same / Kep.

Illustration shows a bull (stock market) blowing bubbles labeled "Inflated Values" with many unwary investors reaching for them. Illus. in: Puck, v. 49, no. 1264 (1901 May 22), centerfold. Copyright 1901 by Ke... More

Public domain image of New york city cityscape, free to use, no copyri...

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Caricature, Investors beware! / Dalrymple., public domain cartoon imag...

Illustration shows investors drowning in rough seas labeled "Wall Street," and "Speculation," and a tophat labeled "Ingenuous Investor" caught in a whirlpool labeled "Iron and Steel Trust." Illus. in: Puck, v.... More

A perspective view of the City Hall in New York taken from Wall Street...

Alternate title: City (Federal) Hall, Wall Street. Re-engraved on copper by Sidney L. Smith for the Society of Iconophiles, 1902 (facsimile no. 8.)

The Wall Street rumor-monger / Keppler.

Illustration shows Uncle Sam using a magnifying glass to see in his left hand a diminutive man labeled "Rumor Monger" yelling "Panic, National Disaster, Failures, [and] Ruin" into a megaphone labeled "Wall Str.... More

The triumph of the bear in the wall street arena / Keppler.

Illustration shows a bear and a bull as gladiators in an arena; the bear has one foot on the bull and is about to plunge a sword labeled "Raids" into the bull. Sheep at the edge of the wall appear to be signali... More

Over route of Roosevelt parade in an automobile /

This film is a review by automobile of the arrival parade route of President Theodore Roosevelt, on Tuesday, May 12, 1903. The film was shot from about 2:10 pm to 2:15 pm (shortly before the 3 pm parade) and sh... More

Wall St. and Trinity Church, New York, N.Y.

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Lower Broadway / motion picture

The film shows a view which appears to be looking north on Broadway at the intersection of Wall Street, in front of Trinity Church. The sidewalk along Broadway is crowded with people, and the traffic in both st... More

Panorama water front and Brooklyn Bridge from East River /

This film depicts the East River shoreline and the piers of lower Manhattan starting at about Pier 5 (the New York Central Pier) opposite Broad Street, and extending to the Mallory Line steamship piers just sou... More

Caricature, Milking time / Keppler., public domain cartoon image

Illustration shows Thomas Taggart, Democratic National Committee chairman, on the left, and George B. Cortelyou, Republican National Committee chairman, on the right, milking a cow into buckets labeled "Dem. Ca... More

The song of the Sirens / Keppler.

Illustration shows Mark Hanna in a small sailboat with sail labeled "Under no circumstances will I consent to become a candidate" sailing past a rocky coastline where two female sirens with the lower torso of c... More

Two Disclaimers - Drawing. Public domain image.

This illustration entitled, "Two Disclaimers", by cartoonist Clifford Berryman, which appeared in the Washington Post on October 15, 1904, depict National Republican Committee Chairman George G. Cortelyou and N... More

Proposed arcade railway, Wall Street, New York City, 1869

Busy street scene and subway. Repro. of drawing, copyrighted by John Foley, Jr. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Artists, Publ. I.; Arcades; Subways; NY NYC St... More

Puck's valentines / J.S. Pughe., Puck magazine cover

Illustration shows at center a valentine card featuring President Theodore Roosevelt as cupid surrounded by other valentines featuring two European leaders (William II of Germany and Nicholas II of Russia), a p... More

Wall St., Kingston, N.Y. - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

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Gulliver Cleveland and the Wall Street Brobdingnagians / Keppler.

Illustration shows Thomas F. Ryan, J. Pierpont Morgan, John D. Rockefeller, and Edward H. Harriman as sheikhs listening to a diminutive Grover Cleveland, labeled "Insurance Arbiter", standing at a desk, shaking... More

"The panic" / Keppler. - Political cartoon, public domain image

Illustration shows a crowd of capitalists on Wall Street fleeing a volcano labeled "Common Honesty" erupting in the background; they are carrying packages labeled "Secret Rate Schedules, Rebate Agreements, Wate... More

Appropriate group for the Jamestown exposition / Glackens.

Illustration shows a sculpture labeled "Pocahontas pleading for the life of John Smith" with Theodore Roosevelt labeled "The Great Father" holding a big stick over his head and standing over John Smith labeled ... More

It might help some if Wall Street gave trading stamps / L.M. Glackens.

Illustration shows a throng of people on Wall Street rushing to purchase stocks from trading houses that offer various amounts of green or pink trading stamps. Illus. in: Puck, v. 62, no. 1601 (1907 November 6... More

The Wall Street Persians and the Washington Egyptians / L.M. Glackens.

Illustration shows the battle of Pelusium with the Persians identified as having "Vested Interests" (looking like Chauncey M. Depew), belonging to a "Wall Street Syndicate" (looking like John D. Rockefeller), o... More

He loves me, he loves me not / Frank A. Nankivell 1906.

Illustration shows a woman labeled "Wall Street" as a nursery rhyme figure, possibly Little Bo Peep, pulling paper petals of a paper flower that are labeled "Tight Money" and "Easy Money", as she says "He Loves... More

He loves me / L.M. Glackens. - Political cartoon, public domain image

Illustration shows a woman labeled "Wall Street" as a nursery rhyme figure, possibly Little Bo Peep; she has pulled all the paper petals labeled "Tight Money" and "Easy Money" off a paper flower, the center of ... More

Puck magazine cover - Little Ted Fauntleroy / Keppler.

Illustration shows Theodore Roosevelt, as little Lord Fauntleroy, helping elderly Uncle Sam, bloated by "Overcapitalization" and a bandaged right foot labeled "Wall Street", walk with a cane. Caption: "Lean on... More

The kept newspaper / Ehrhart. - Public domain portrait print

Illustration shows a vignette cartoon with an interior view of a room where a man labeled "Corporate Interests" is writing a check, a woman is wearing a newspaper dress, champagne is being chilled in a bucket l... More

Over with the che-ild! / J.S. Pughe.

Illustration shows a sled labeled "Wall Street" being pulled by a bull and a bear, racing through the snow on a winter night, being chased by a wolf with the face of Theodore Roosevelt; the driver, wearing a ha... More

"Well, for once they can't blame me" / J.S. Pughe.

Illustration shows the Democratic donkey labeled "Democratic Party" sitting among papers that state "The Trusts are to Blame", "Harriman is to Blame", "Wall Street is to Blame", "High Finance is to Blame", "Roo... More

A black and white drawing of a clown sitting in a chair Untitled - Dra...

This untitled illustration by cartoonist Clifford Berryman, which appeared in the Washington Evening Star on October 27, 1907, features Wall Street in bad shape due to the Panic of 1907 as various solutions sur... More

"Go on! You ask 'em! They can't do more than refuse" / J.S. Pughe.

Illustration shows the Democratic donkey carrying the "Democratic Dough Bag" and the Republican elephant carrying the "Republican Dough Bag" as they walk down "Wall Street", seeking campaign funding for the upc... More

The jam of the Johnson boom / Keppler.

Illustration shows presidential hopeful John A. Johnson as a logger struggling to break free a log jam of logs labeled "Reactionary Democracy, Wall Street Interests, Plutocracy, High Finance, Ryanism, Conservat... More

The Cannon boom. Are you on? / Keppler.

Illustration shows Joseph G. Cannon standing on a small platform labeled "Wall Street" at the end of a long two-handled accordion-like folding extension device manipulated by J. Pierpont Morgan who is standing ... More

Cornell's Champion Girl Debater, Elizabeth Ellsworth Cook, to Enter Wa...

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A question of courage / Art Young.

Illustration shows a man labeled "Average voter" standing between two fields, trying to decide which one he should choose; on the left is the "Democratic Lot" showing "Bryan's Financial Fallacies, Schemes, Drea... More

Fly in high finance. Woman cashier is swindler in Wall Street. Bank ru...

Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 240, Folder 17a.

10th Calvary marching in parade on Wall St., New York

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National City Bank, Wall St. New York

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Dame rumor / Keppler. - Political cartoon, public domain image

Illustration shows an old hag sitting on a large ticker tape machine, on Wall Street, spewing "Inside Information", "False Financial News" and rumors that ensnare large groups of investors. Caption: The witch ... More

Mrs. H.S. Blatch in Wall St - Public domain portrait print

Photo shows suffragist Harriot Stanton Blatch (1856-1940) speaking with a crowd gathered below her. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Title from data provided by the Bain New... More

Broad and Wall St - Public domain portrait photograph

Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). General information about the George Grantha... More

Broad and Wall St. - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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Broad and Wall St - Public domain portrait photograph

Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). General information about the George Grantha... More

Broad and Wall St. - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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Shaving Wall St. and Broad St. - Glass negative photogrpah. Public dom...

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[New York, N.Y., Wall Street] - Public domain image. Dry plate negativ...

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Edw. Lauterbach - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Photo shows Edward Lauterbach (1844-1923), chairman of the Republican County Committee of New York State. In 1913 Lauterbach was the defense attorney for David Lamar, the "Wolf of Wall Street." (Source: Flick... More

[Mutual Life Insurance Company building, Wall Street district, New Yor...

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Edw. Lauterbach - Public domain photograph, glass negative

Photo shows Edward Lauterbach (1844-1923), chairman of the Republican County Committee of New York State. In 1913 Lauterbach was the defense attorney for David Lamar, the "Wolf of Wall Street." (Source: Flickr ... More

The counterfeiters of coin and the counterfeiters of securities / Arth...

Illustration shows, on the left, a scene of counterfeiting money labeled "Low-down and Illegal", and on the right, a scene on "Wall Street" showing capitalists with papers labeled "Watered Stock" and "Dividends... More

W.P. Hamilton - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Photo probably shows William Peter Hamilton (1867-1929), editor of the Wall Street Journal. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2009)

Edward Lauterbach - Public domain portrait print

Photo shows Edward Lauterbach (1844-1923), chairman of the Republican County Committee of New York State. In 1913 Lauterbach was the defense attorney for David Lamar, the "Wolf of Wall Street." (Source: Flick... More