Photos and Prints

The Museum’s photography and print collection includes the oldest known photograph of Wall Street, as well as lithographs, stereographs, popular satirical cartoons and various illustrations relating to the evolution and development of financial markets in America. Additional holdings include photographs of iconic Wall Street figures, pictures taken on the day of the stock market crash of 1929, and many images relating to trading, commerce and banking in Lower Manhattan and across the country.

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First photo: This picture, circa 1860, is the earliest known photograph of Wall Street. Taken from a ship's deck looking west on Wall Street, Trinity Church towers over the neighboring buildings. First photo: This picture, circa 1860, is the earliest known photograph of Wall Street. Taken from a ship's deck looking west on Wall Street, Trinity Church towers over the neighboring buildings.