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Background imageFinance Collection: Panic Scene in New York 1907

Panic Scene in New York 1907
Crowds in Wall Street, New York, during the recent run on the banks. Over a three-week period starting in mid-October, when the New York Stock Exchange fell almost 50% from its peak the previous

Background imageFinance Collection: John Smith, British Labour MP and Party leader

John Smith, British Labour MP and Party leader
John Smith (1938-1994), British Labour MP and Party leader, seen here giving a speech with a bar chart beside him, showing inflation statistics. Date: circa 1990s

Background imageFinance Collection: Gordon Brown, Labour politician, giving a talk

Gordon Brown, Labour politician, giving a talk
Gordon Brown (James Gordon Brown, b 1951), Labour politician, MP from 1983, Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1997, and British Prime Minister from 2007 to 2010

Background imageFinance Collection: Bank of England, City of London

Bank of England, City of London
Looking down Threadneedle Street at the Bank of England. Date: 1895

Background imageFinance Collection: Looking down Threadneedle Street at the Bank of England. Date: 1901

Looking down Threadneedle Street at the Bank of England. Date: 1901

Background imageFinance Collection: Cartoon, A Pretty Penny in the Slot -- Baldwin asks John Bull for national investment in mines

Cartoon, A Pretty Penny in the Slot -- Baldwin asks John Bull for national investment in mines. Following the mine-owners reduction of their workers wages

Background imageFinance Collection: Beadle, Bank of England

Beadle, Bank of England Date: 1921

Background imageFinance Collection: The Exchange, LIverpool, Merseyside

The Exchange, LIverpool, Merseyside. Date: circa 1936

Background imageFinance Collection: The Bank of England, City of London

The Bank of England, City of London Date: circa 1900

Background imageFinance Collection: Comic postcard, Man lighting cigar with one pound note Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Man lighting cigar with one pound note Date: 20th century

Background imageFinance Collection: Comic postcard, Postcard, letter, phone and money Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Postcard, letter, phone and money Date: 20th century

Background imageFinance Collection: Comic postcard, Money and a broken bottle Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Money and a broken bottle Date: 20th century

Background imageFinance Collection: Group of bankers, Dehli, India, 1860 s

Group of bankers, Dehli, India, 1860 s

Background imageFinance Collection: Selangor Chinese chamber of commerce, Malaysia. This chamber, founded in 1902

Selangor Chinese chamber of commerce, Malaysia. This chamber, founded in 1902, is one of the very few institutions of the kind in the world, being composed entirely of Chinese people

Background imageFinance Collection: WW2 poster, For a Certain Harvest invest in National Savings. Date: circa 1945

WW2 poster, For a Certain Harvest invest in National Savings. Date: circa 1945

Background imageFinance Collection: WW2 poster, Join your savings group, now! Date: circa 1944

WW2 poster, Join your savings group, now! Date: circa 1944

Background imageFinance Collection: Comic postcard, Man pushing pram

Comic postcard, Man pushing pram - maternity benefit Date: 20th century

Background imageFinance Collection: Comic postcard, Pretty young woman at the bank Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Pretty young woman at the bank Date: 20th century

Background imageFinance Collection: The Railway King! Down Upon Him

The Railway King! Down Upon Him! Satirical cartoon mocking the downfall of railway financier George Hudson. He is held upside-down by a bird - perhaps a crow or raven - dressed as a judge

Background imageFinance Collection: The Bourse (Stock Exchange) at Alexandria, Egypt, illuminated to celebrate

The Bourse (Stock Exchange) at Alexandria, Egypt, illuminated to celebrate the anniversary of Fuad Is ascension as Sultan Of Egypt in 1917. Date: 1918

Background imageFinance Collection: Railway Mania - illustration by Alfred Crowquill - a steam train running out of track as

Railway Mania - illustration by Alfred Crowquill - a steam train running out of track as it heads to the edge of the precipice... Date: 1845

Background imageFinance Collection: Railway Mania - written and illustrated by Alfred Crowquill

Railway Mania - written and illustrated by Alfred Crowquill. Date: 1845

Background imageFinance Collection: Railway Mania - text written by Alfred Crowquill

Railway Mania - text written by Alfred Crowquill. Date: 1845

Background imageFinance Collection: Mr John Crosbie Aitken Henderson

Mr John Crosbie Aitken Henderson - vendor to Germany of a Welsh Coal Field

Background imageFinance Collection: Officials in the Public Ministry of Finance, Istanbul

Officials in the Public Ministry of Finance, Istanbul
Officials and accountants in the Public Ministry of Finance, Istanbul. The finance ministry is divided into 25 sections within the building. Ministerro Pubblico delle Finanze

Background imageFinance Collection: Tribunal of the Grand Vizier

Tribunal of the Grand Vizier. Officials are lined up on the left. Petitioners, separated by sex, form various groups in front, with tax subjects last. Tribunale del Gran Visir

Background imageFinance Collection: Great Achievements of the National Government

Great Achievements of the National Government
Diagram by G. H. Davis representing the progress made by the coalition government between August 1931 and April 1934. Illustrations on employment, trade, finance, housing, mining, fishing

Background imageFinance Collection: Cartoon, Intercepted (Gladstone and John Bull)

Cartoon, Intercepted (Gladstone and John Bull)
Cartoon, Intercepted -- a satirical comment on Gladstone as Liberal Prime Minister and Chancellor of the Exchequer, with a budgetary surplus

Background imageFinance Collection: Cartoon, A Tight Fit (Northcote and John Bull)

Cartoon, A Tight Fit (Northcote and John Bull)
Cartoon, A Tight Fit -- Conservative Chancellor of the Exchequer, Stafford Northcote, depicted as a tailor, measures John Bull with a tape measure labelled Budget 1876

Background imageFinance Collection: Cartoon, The Liliput Levy on John Bull Gulliver

Cartoon, The Liliput Levy on John Bull Gulliver -- a satirical comment on taxation putting the strain on John Bull (representing the middle-class British man)

Background imageFinance Collection: Cartoon, Prosperous John! (high prices)

Cartoon, Prosperous John! (high prices)
Cartoon, Prosperous John! John Bull, during an inflationary period, is overcome by high prices and high taxes, and not enjoying it one bit. 1872

Background imageFinance Collection: Cartoon, The Ancient Mariner in the City (financiers)

Cartoon, The Ancient Mariner in the City (financiers)
Cartoon, The Ancient Mariner in the City -- a satirical comment on the difficulties financiers in the City of London were facing at the time, in a parody of Coleridges long narrative poem: Money

Background imageFinance Collection: Cartoon, Taking Stock (Gladstone and John Bull)

Cartoon, Taking Stock (Gladstone and John Bull)
Cartoon, Taking Stock -- a comment on Gladstones careful work as Chancellor of the Exchequer, resulting in a healthy economy

Background imageFinance Collection: Cartoon, The Election Budget (Gladstone)

Cartoon, The Election Budget (Gladstone)
Cartoon, The Election Budget -- I think, Mr Bull, we may now reckon on your support! William Gladstone was able to increase the popularity of the Liberal party by achieving a financial surplus

Background imageFinance Collection: Cartoon, A Derby Spill (Disraeli versus Liberal Party)

Cartoon, A Derby Spill (Disraeli versus Liberal Party)
Cartoon, A Derby Spill -- a satirical comment on Benjamin Disraelis attack on the Palmerston government during a debate on the Budget

Background imageFinance Collection: Cartoon, A Derby Obstruction (Disraeli versus Liberal Party)

Cartoon, A Derby Obstruction (Disraeli versus Liberal Party)
Cartoon, A Derby Obstruction -- a satirical comment on Benjamin Disraelis attack on the Palmerston government during a debate on the Budget

Background imageFinance Collection: Cartoon, The Boy For Our Money

Cartoon, The Boy For Our Money -- a satirical comment on the relative financial abilities of William Gladstone and Benjamin Disraeli

Background imageFinance Collection: Joke money, Five Halfpence, Fort Montague Bank

Joke money, Five Halfpence, Fort Montague Bank
Joke money banknote for five halfpence, Fort Montague Bank. 1827

Background imageFinance Collection: Cartoon, Prince Albert Victor

Cartoon, Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale (1864-1892) - Hes not to have ten thousand a year, tiddy-fol-lol! 1885

Background imageFinance Collection: Advert, The Bank of Scotland, Edinburgh

Advert, The Bank of Scotland, Edinburgh
Advert for The Bank of Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland. 1905

Background imageFinance Collection: Northwestern Bank Building, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

Northwestern Bank Building, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. Date: 1935

Background imageFinance Collection: The Stock Exchange, London

The Stock Exchange, London. Date: circa 1990s

Background imageFinance Collection: Adverts, Bank of Scotland, Cox Brothers, Dundee

Adverts, Bank of Scotland, Cox Brothers, Dundee
Adverts for The Bank of Scotland, Edinburgh, and Cox Brothers Limited, Jute, Flax and Hemp Works, Dundee, Scotland. 1905

Background imageFinance Collection: Examples of inks for printing bank cheques

Examples of inks for printing bank cheques. 1899

Background imageFinance Collection: Advertisement, National Bank of Egypt

Advertisement, National Bank of Egypt, with offices in Egypt and the Sudan. Date: 1936

Background imageFinance Collection: Parrs Bank Limited, Birmingham, West Midlands

Parrs Bank Limited, Birmingham, West Midlands
Parrs Bank Limited, 34 Bennetts Hill, Birmingham, West Midlands. Date: circa 1904

Background imageFinance Collection: Interior of the London Stock Exchange

Interior of the London Stock Exchange Date: circa early 1980s

Background imageFinance Collection: Calendar, Canadian Bank of Commerce

Calendar, Canadian Bank of Commerce. 1938



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