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"Chain Gang" of New York Stock Exchange officers carrying traded securities to the bank

Object Details

Description
During 1937 and 1938, Mydans led a nomadic life-- a situation shared with most of his subjects-- living in hotel rooms as his assignments took him to Georgia, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, New York , Vermont, California, Texas, and elsewhere.
In one of his New York stops, he took this picture of a "chain gang." Like a chain gang of prisoners, the four officers coming out of the Stock Exchange are handcuffed to their briefcases. Each day their task is to safeguard the contents of the briefcases while transporting them to the bank for deposit.
Location
Currently not on view
Data Source
National Museum of American History
photographer
Mydans, Carl
Date made
Spring 1937
1937
Physical Description
paper (overall material)
Measurements
overall: 8 in x 10 in; 20.32 cm x 25.4 cm
Object Name
photograph

Featured In

  • 1937: A Year in the Collections
Chain Gang of New York Stock Exchange officers
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