Financial Collection (#15)

Carnegie Trust Co. New York
Carnegie Trust Co. Entrance to the Carnegie Trust Co. at 115 Broadway; marble walls and gothic groin vaults visible

Broadway Savings Bank, New York
Banks, Broadway Savings Bank. Broadway Savings Institution; people on sidewalk, adjacent buildings partly visible, including Underwood Typewriter building. Date: 1907

Bowery Savings Bank. Main banking room at the Bowery Savings Bank, on the Bowery

Bank of England, Threadneedle Street, London
Street scene outside the Bank of England in Threadneedle Street, City of London, on a busy day

Double page spread in a diary for 23-28 October
A double page spread in a young persons diary for 23-28 October. Each day is given a small illustration, relating either to the season, or to the anniversary of an historical event

High Street and Lloyds Bank, Haverfordwest, South Wales
View of the High Street, including Lloyds Bank, in Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, Dyfed, South Wales

Examining fraudulent financial documentation - cheques and credit cards are checked for authenticity by the Metropolitan Police force

Iraqi bank official with a large safe, Iraq
An Iraqi bank official with a large safe, somewhere in Iraq

Ruins in Roman Forum, Rome, Italy
View of ruins and pillars in the Roman Forum, or Forum Romanum, Rome, Italy. This was the central area around which the ancient Roman civilization developed

North side of Roman Forum, Rome, Italy
View towards the north side of the Roman Forum, or Forum Romanum, in Rome, Italy, with sightseers walking through. The Forum was the central area around which the ancient Roman civilization

Archaeological excavations, Roman Forum, Rome, Italy

Post Office Savings Bank
A coal carter opening an account with Her Majesty at the Post Office Savings Bank. In 1861 the Palmerston government set up the Post Office Savings Bank

A Sovereign Remedy
John Bull holds the hand of a rather unhealthy looking pound note in a satirical illustration which alludes to the falling value of sterling against the dollar in 1920

Will it Come to This
A possible scenario due to the falling value of the pound against the dollar in 1920. A brashly dressed cigar-smoking American changes a dollar at a bank and when asked how he would like it, replies

Nero
A rather drunk looking man smoking a pipe and playing an accordian sits ignoring the British pound note beside him going up in flames

A Gentle Reminder
The Dollar: Say, you two guys are looking a bit chippy; whats happened? The Sovereign & the Franc: Oh, just a bit of a scrap in France, old son: had you forgotten

Golden Grain
A satirical picture of an American reaper with a huge scythe representing the rate of exchange being sharpened with a lathe representing sterling currency

Local Government Board Offices, Whitehall, London
A view of the Local Government Boards headquarters, at the junction of Great George Street and Parliament Street, Central London

Railway Sleeper - Kings Cross Station
The Railway Sleeper series - A snoozing tramp at Kings Cross Station dreaming of wealth as he clutches a copy of the Financial Times. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith

The Exchange (Bourse) at Alexandria, Egypt, with wonderful sunshade awnings and a fine colonade front

Speculation, 1845
The Railway Mania sets off a wave of speculation throughout Britain : disreputable people from the streets set themselves up as financial prospectors

Ramsey MacDonald (1866-1937)
Photograph of (James) Ramsey MacDonald, the Scottish Labour Statesman, pictured making a radio broadcast on 7th October 1931

An Underground Drinking Cellar, San Francisco, 1884
Engraving showing an underground drinking cellar with, in the background, a stock index board marked on the wall, San Francisco, 1884

British Financial Crisis
France agrees to help with Britain financial crisis, but on her own terms. Britain was forced to abandon the Gold Standard in 1931

Lombard Street
Two Morris Minors drive down Lombard Street in the heart of Londons financial district

French Money Crisis
A scarcity of small change sets off a financial panic in France : would-be gold buyers on the steps of the Paris bourse

Aunt Sallys Christmas Boxes: John Crasss Discomfiture
A Victorian family around a dining table during the distribution of envelopes of money, or Christmas boxes to servants. The servant who has just received his is either embarrassed or unimpressed with

Ramsay Macdonald and the 80, 000, 000, 000 letter
Photograph of J.Ramsay Macdonald, British Prime Minister, holding an envelope that needed 80, 000, 000, 000 marks postage from Berlin to London, following financial collapse in Germany

The Tholsel / Dublin / 1817
Tholsel Houses were financial centres where people exchanged money. This Dublin building was demolished in 1809. The lower floor was used as a market

Marriage Contract C17
A bourgeois marriage: while the lovers hold hands in a corner, their elders discuss the financial details of the arrangement

Tax / Invasion of Privacy
The government, caricatured as a devilish flying imp, invades privacy to assess peoples financial status

Investors / Wall Street
Big crowds still besiege the sub-treasury awaiting the arrival and departure of the leading financial men

Bank of England / Chromo
A view of the Bank of England from the corner of Threadneedle Street and Cornhill. People and carriages mill about in the foreground

WW1 / 1915 / GERMAN HERO
The German hero wears golden armour, a sign that the army in the field is backed by ample financial reserves

Lesseps and Engineers
Ferdinand de Lesseps with his team of engineers during the early days of the French project, which collapses for financial and other reasons

Financial Crash Rioting
The economic crisis caused by the Wall Street Crash leads to rioting in the streets

American Bank Failure
The financial panic of 1907 forces many American banks to suspend payments, bringing ruin to countless of their customers

Pitt as Heroic Rescuer
The younger Pitt depicted as Perseus, rescuing Andromeda (Britannia) from her financial troubles, in the office of Chancellor of the Exchequer

Financial Panic 1866
The murky machinations of Gould and Fisk in the gold market lead to a financial crisis : their New York offices are besieged by angry citizens

Financial U. s. Giants
The giants of the financial world - Morgan and Vanderbilt

Emblem of the Sun Fire Office, insurance company
The emblem of the Sun Fire Office, an insurance company established in the early 18th century

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