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- Walking Tour: Wall Street History 11/10/2010
The Museum's 90-minute walking tour of the Financial District.
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- Whither Wall Street: The Recent Past and Evolving Future of the Architecture of Wall Street 10/13/2010
Presented in conjunction with the Skyscraper Museum, this Kaufman Series event will explore the rich architectural history of Wall Street.
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- Financial History, Issue 98 Fall 2010
How the colonial real estate crisis of the 1760s turned Sheriff John Morton into a rebel.
- Walking Tour: Wall Street History 08/25/2010
The Museum's 90-minute walking tour of the Financial District.
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- Walking Tour: History of Wall Street 06/30/2010
The Museum's 90-minute walking tour of the Financial District.
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- Financial History, Issue 97 Spring 2010
A history of Ponzi schemes, from Charles Ponzi to Bernie Madoff.
- Fleet Week Walking Tour 05/26/2010
Alexander Hamilton, first Secretary of the US Treasury, is also founder of the US Coast Guard. Join us for this and other fascinating facts about the history and impact of the maritime and commercial shipping industry on the rise of Wall Street.
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- Walking Tour: Financial Architecture 05/15/2010
The Museum's 90-minute walking tour of the Financial District, focusing on Wall Street's architecture.
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- Scandal! On display April 29, 2010 - October 22, 2011
"Scandal! Financial Crime, Chicanery and Corruption that Rocked America” is a richly informative exhibit about the history of financial scandals in America. The exhibit covers several of the major scandals in American finance, from William Duer’s role in the Crash of 1792 through Lehman’s colossal downfall.
- Walking Tour: Wall Street Scandals 04/28/2010
The Museum's 90-minute walking tour of the Financial District, focusing on the history of financial scandals.
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- Walking Tour: Wall Street Scandals 04/17/2010
The Museum's 90-minute walking tour of the Financial District, focusing on the history of financial scandals.
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- Walking Tour: History of Wall Street 03/31/2010
The Museum's 90-minute walking tour of the Financial District.
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- Walking Tour: History of Wall Street 03/13/2010
The Museum's 90-minute walking tour of the Financial District.
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- Walking Tour: Revolutionary New York 02/18/2010
The Museum's 90-minute walking tour of the Financial District, with an emphasis on the Revolutionary period. Tour participants will be admitted free of charge to the Lunch and Learn Series event at 12:30 pm.
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- Walking Tour: Hamilton's New York 01/23/2010
This 90-minute walking tour of the Financial District focuses on Alexander Hamilton's contributions to financial history.
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- Walking Tour: Holidays on the Street 12/22/2009
The Museum's 90-minute holiday-themed walking tour of Wall Street.
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- Walking Tour: Holidays on the Street 12/05/2009
The Museum's 90-minute holiday-themed walking tour of Wall Street.
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- Walking Tour: Women of Wall Street 11/17/2009
Discover the female power brokers who have shaped the history of Wall Street with this 90-minute tour of the Financial District.
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- Walking Tour: History of Wall Street 11/07/2009
The Museum's 90-minute walking tour of the Financial District.
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- Author Charles Geisst on Collateral Damaged 11/05/2009
Best-selling author Charles Geisst speaks at the 2009 Kaufman Series on his new book, Collateral Damaged: The Marketing of Consumer Debt to America.
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- Financial History, Issue 95 Fall 2009
Should the U.S. government, or any government for that matter, use public money to stabilize a disintegrating financial system? Theory backed by historical experience suggests that it should, but only if it does so in just the right way.
- Walking Tour: History of Trading 10/09/2009
Walk through history from the Dutch to modern day Wall Street on this 90-minute walking tour of the Financial District.
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- Walking Tour: Women of Wall Street 09/30/2009
Discover the female power brokers who have shaped the history of Wall Street with this 90-minute tour of the Financial District.
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- Walking Tour: History of Trading 09/12/2009
Walk through history from the Dutch to modern day Wall Street on this 90-minute walking tour of the Financial District.
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- Wall Street History Makes Way for Famous Women 08/24/2009
The Museum of American Finance is showcasing 10 famous Wall Street women.
- Walking Tour: History of Trading 08/19/2009
Walk through history from the Dutch to modern day Wall Street on this 90-minute walking tour of the Financial District.
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- Walking Tour: History of Trading 08/19/2009
Walk through history from the Dutch to modern day Wall Street on this 90-minute walking tour of the Financial District.
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- Exhibit: Up Against the Wall, Street 08/02/2009
Museum of American Finance exhibit takes a look at the female wheeler-dealers who broke into the exclusive boys' club.
- Walking Tour: Women of Wall Street 07/21/2009
Discover the female power brokers who have shaped the history of Wall Street with this 90-minute tour of the Financial District.
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- Walking Tour: Alexander Hamilton's New York 07/11/2009
Walking tour of the Financial District with a focus on Hamilton and his contributions to American finance.
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- Walking Tour: Women of Wall Street 06/20/2009
Discover the female power brokers who have shaped the history of Wall Street with this 90-minute walking tour of the Financial District.
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- Honoring the Women of Wall Street 06/10/2009
Former NYMEX President Rosemary McFadden speaks to Fox Business about the Museum's new exhibit.
- Opening Reception: "Women of Wall Street" Exhibit 06/09/2009
Reception to open the Museum's groundbreaking new exhibit, "Women of Wall Street."
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- Wall Street Walking Tour 06/06/2009
The Museum's Saturday walking tour of the Financial District. 90-minute tour meets at the Museum at 1 pm. $15 per person.
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- Museum Celebrates the Women of Wall Street 06/04/2009
These past two years have not been kind to the women on Wall Street. Nonetheless, women will show up in force next Tuesday for the opening reception for the new “Women on Wall Street” exhibit.
- Walking Tour: Stock Market Anniversary Tour 05/30/2009
The Museum's Saturday walking tour of the Financial District. 90-minute tour meets at the Museum at 1 pm. $15 per person.
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- Wall Street Walking Tour: May 2 05/02/2009
The Museum's Saturday walking tour of the Financial District. 90-minute tour meets at the Museum at 1 pm. $15 per person.
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- Wall Street Walking Tour: April 18 04/18/2009
The Museum's Saturday walking tour of the Financial District. 90-minute tour meets at the Museum at 1 pm. $15 per person.>
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- Wall Street Walking Tour: March 28 03/28/2009
The Museum's Saturday walking tour of the Financial District. 90-minute tour meets at the Museum at 1 pm. $15 per person.
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- Wall Street Walking Tour: March 7 03/07/2009
The Museum's Saturday walking tour of the Financial District. 90-minute tour meets at the Museum at 1 pm. $15 per person.
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- Walking Tour: Revolutionary New York 02/21/2009
The Museum's Saturday walking tour of the Financial District. 90-minute tour meets at the Museum at 1 pm. $15 per person.
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- Opening Reception: “Trading on the Street" 11/19/2008
Opening reception for “Trading on the Street," an exhibit tracing the history of trading on Wall Street from the signing of the Buttonwood Agreement in 1792 to the increasing computerization of trading today.
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- Financial History, Issue 90 Spring 2008
Few of us question the little slips of green paper that come and go in our wallets, purses and pockets. While we may obsess over how much we have at any one time, we do not subject the notes themselves to close scrutiny: most of us cannot remember (without looking) which scene goes with what denomination, or even the secular saints whose portraits adorn the front. Our ignorance is a testament to just how secure we feel about the currency and how little we need to question the underlying value of these scraps of paper. The money is in our hands, it is green, and it has a number on it: that is all we need to know. It was not always so. In the years between the Revolution and the Civil War, money inspired not faith, but nagging doubt and scrutiny.
- Financial History, Issue 80 Winter 2004
Now that the fossil record clearly shows that some dinosaurs evolved into birds, it should not be such a surprise that almost all of the first 12 companies on the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) are still around. Their names reek of turn-of-the-century incipient industrialism: Tennessee Coal & Iron, American Cotton Oil, Distilling & Cattle Feeding. But well into the Information Age, only one on the debut list of May 26, 1896 is entirely gone. The U.S. Leather trust, the only preferred issue of the first Dow Dozen, was dropped in 1905. The trust was dissolved in 1911, and hardly a trace of the company or the industry remains in this country.
- Financial History, Issue 79 Fall 2003
In Martin Fridson's book, "It Was a Very Good Year: Extraordinary Moments in Stock Market History," 1954 ranks as the second best year of the 20th century for market returns as measured by the Standard & Poor's 500 Index (52.62 percent). It was also the year that the Dow finally regained its pre-1929 high of 381.37 and soared past the 400 mark for the first time. Fridson also notes the arrival of Muriel Siebert on Wall Street in 1954. Siebert, who established a successful career in a male-dominated industry, is probably best known as the first woman to own a seat on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE). Siebert was not the typical career woman of the 1950s, but her struggle to overcome prejudice and discrimination on Wall Street caused us to wonder: What does it take for a woman to achieve prominence and respect on Wall Street?
- Financial History, Issue 76 Summer 2002
The development of underwriting syndicates is a phenomenon of late 19th century America arising out of the need for investment banks to pool their own capital to underwrite the new issue securities being sold to fund the growth of American industry. The railroad, steel, mining and utility industries all had significant capital requirements.
- Curriculum Guide: Money
A classroom guide to the Museum's Money Room, including learning objectives, vocabulary, discussion questions and a classroom activity.
- Curriculum Guide: The Financial Markets
A classroom guide to "The Financial Markets" exhibit, including learning objectives, vocabulary, discussion questions and a classroom activity.
- Curriculum Guide: Banking in America
A classroom guide to the "Banking in America" exhibit, including learning objectives, vocabulary, discussion questions and a classroom activity.