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Wall Street and the Stock Exchanges: Historical Resources

Images

If you are working on a project or paper or even just want to understand what the area looked like in the past, the Library of Congress has a number of images in its collection. Below is a gallery with just a handful from the Library's digital collections. Use the subject searches below to find more images online.

image looks down onto the floor of the NYSE where traders are working

Carol M. Highsmith, photographer. New York Stock Exchange. Between 1980 and 2006. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.

the front of the New York Stock Exchange with people walking along the street

Detroit Publishing Co., photographer. New York Stock Exchange, Between 1900-1905. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.

men sitting around long tables wearing head phones taking orders and typing them into the system

New quotation room, New York Stock Exchange. 1928. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.

looking down at the floor of the New York Stock Exchange filled with people working

Gottscho-Schleisner, Inc., photographer. New York Stock Exchange Trading floor II. 1955. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.

a street full of people in front of the exchange

Detroit Publishing Co., photographer. Curb street brokers and Broad exchange, New York. c1906. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.

building as seen from across the subway track

Irving Underhill, photographer. New York Curb Market Bldg. 1921. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.

center image of the NYSE front and Trinity Church is surrounded by dozens of photographs of business leaders and presidents of companies

Elson (A.W.) & Co., printer. The New York Stock Exchange, Trinity Church, and Wall Street. 1901. Library of Coingress Prints and Photographs Division.