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Crash of 1929 Museum
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Brooklyn Daily
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After the Crash
Fred Bell selling apples
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The Bull Market
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Death
Suicide
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Stocks, Banks, and Living ConditionsRun on Banks
Hooverville
The FED
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The New York TimesNew York, specifically Manhattan, was hit hard by the crash of 1929. Within this one day, many stocks were sold in the fear that the stocks were overpriced and were overinflated. Even with the rallying at the end of Black Tuesday, many traders realized the imminent issue in the American economy.
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Brooklyn Daily EagleOn October 24, 1929, Brooklyn Daily Eagle released news that Wall Street collapsed. It also depicts what was going on around this time period. At this time, newspaper was the best method of communicating information.
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Down but not OutBull Market is a term used when markets are going up for a seemingly infinite time period. This is what america thought was happening at the time before the stock market crash. This cartoon depicts how the the high flying bull market has crashed and needs help getting back up. The public was shocked by the crash just like how it is shown in the cartoon.
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Fred Bell selling Apples Fred Bell was a simple multi-millionaire before the stock market crash of 1929. He his net worth then was around $30 million dollars he started from only $5. He was known as Champagne Fred for making his money during the stock boom. But the worst was only ahead. Fred lost everything in the stock market crash of 1929. He was destroyed and forced to sell apples as a means of profit. This picture was taken 2 years after the stock market crash on March 7th 1931.
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It Hit My Interests Hard...The Wall Street Crash of 1929 hurt many people and many did not take the sudden loss in money properly as they committed suicide. As a result of the crash, 23,000 people committed suicide, the highest in United States history. It was so prevalent to the point that some hotel clerks began asking if people were buying rooms to sleep in or jump from.
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Whos at Hooverville?Hooverville is a term for a small shanty town. It began as a result of the loss of money in the Wall Street Crash of 1929. There were many of them across the United States. It was termed after Herbert Hoover by the Democratic National Committee because of his rugged individualism policies where each person supports themselves and nobody else.
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Someone had to save Him from HimselfIn this political cartoon, we see the FED trying to stop the public from taking too many loans and how it is engrossing the the US public. This was how the FED tried to stop the crash almost 9 months in advance. The FED even tried reducing the amount loaned out by adjusting the reserve ratio. This of course failed, but this was how the FED warned the US public that a crash was near. No One listened.
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The Bank RunsThis was one of many bank runs following the depression. During bank runs, americans would fill banks trying to withdraw all the money within their accounts. This was catastrophic because of many reasons. One reason was due to the fact of bank reserves and loans; the bank never held on to all the money deposited. This caused a ruckus when people lost money in the stock market. This destroyed Americas economy and killed off many small banks of the time period.Image or Video
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