The Wall Street Crash of 1929, also known as the Great Crash
and the Stock Market Crash of 1929, began in late October 1929 and was the most
devastating stock market
crash in the history of
the United States when taking into consideration the full extent and
duration of its fallout. The crash signaled the beginning of the 10-year Great Depression that
affected all Western industrialized countries and did not end in the United
States until the onset of American mobilization for World War II at the end of
1941.
Anyone who bought stocks in mid-1929 and held onto them saw
most of his or her adult life pass by before getting back to even.
The photograph above was taken in March 1936 and is looking
down Pike Street toward the Manhattan Bridge, street half in shadow, rubble in
gutters, some traffic.
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