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The 48-Hour Day VISITORS’ CHECKLIST
During the 1929
Crash, Stock Practical Information
Exchange clerks 20 Broad St.
worked nonstop Map 1 C3. Tel (212) 656-3000.
for 48 hours. Their Closed visitors’ gallery closed to
mood stayed the public for security reasons.
cheerful despite 8 for educa tional purposes
the panic outside. only. Highly restricted. 7
∑ nyse.com
Transport
@ M5, M15, M20 q 2, 3, 4, 5 to
Wall St; R to Rector St.

Trading Floor
On a typical day, billions of shares are traded for around 2,000
listed companies. The advanced electronics that support the
NYSE Pillar trading platform allows traders to connect to
the various NYSE equities and options markets.
Great Crash of 1929
On Tuesday, October
29, over 16 million
shares changed
hands as the stock
market crashed.
Investors thronged
Wall Street in
bewilderment, but,
contrary to popular
myth, traders did
not leap from
windows in panic.
Members’ entrance,
Wall Street

1867 Ticker-tape
1792 machines introduced 1903 Present Stock
Buttonwood Exchange building opens 2016 Dow Jones
Agreement 1844 Invention of 1987 “Black Monday” crash, Index hits 18,506.41
signed on the telegraph allows October 19. Dow Jones Index in July, an all-
May 17 trading nationwide drops 508 points time peak
1750 1800 1850 1900 1950 2000 2050
1817 New York 1865 New Exchange 1929 Wall 2001 After 8 years of 2009 Dow Jones
Stock & Exchange Building opens at Wall St. Crash, bull markets, economy Index hits 6,547,
Board created and Broad streets October 29 falters after September 11 a 12-year low
1869 “Black Friday” gold 2006 The NYSE merges with Archipelago
crash, September 24 Holdings to become a for-profit public company

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