Ticker Collection

JOHN PIERPONT MORGAN (1837-1913). Wall Street Bubbles - Always the Same : J. P
JOHN PIERPONT MORGAN (1837-1913). Wall Street Bubbles - Always the Same : J.P. Morgan as a Wall Street bull blowing bubbles of inflated stocks for eager investors: American lithograph cartoon, 1901

Drunk Stockbroker - confused by toilet roll
Drunk Stockbroker - confused by a toilet roll, which he takes to be the ticker tape! (which would have provided him with the latest market prices). Date: circa 1910s

Broker and Ticker-Tape
An American stockbroker receives market information on ticker-tape by the electric telegraph

A young woman strangers first day in New York (b / w photo)
6002600 A young woman strangers first day in New York (b/w photo) by American Photographer (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: A young woman strangers first day in New York)

The New Photography (engraving)
1041952 The New Photography (engraving) by Ralston, William (1848-1911) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: The New Photography)

my time in the mirror of life
Nic Keller

alone with birds and my time
Nic Keller

RECEIVING TICKER TAPE
An American stockbroker receives market information on ticker-tape by the electric telegraph. Date: 1885

TICKER-TAPE MACHINE
Transmitter of the Exchange Companys apparatus, and the Receiving Instrument whereby stockbrokers can obtain the latest information about the stock market, by telegraph. Date: 1893

Sending a message over the tickertape circuit
A woman sending a message containing coffee quotations over the tickertape telegraph circuit. Date: 1891

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Austria, Vienna, Neubau District, Early model Wiener Linien Tram outside The Volkstheater with digital ticker sign displaying information above entrance to metro station behind

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Austria, Vienna, Neubau District, Early model Wiener Linien Tram outside The Volkstheater with digital ticker sign displaying information above entrance to metro station

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Austria, Vienna, Neubau District, Digital ticker sign outside, the Volkstheater exterior facade and entrance

Stock ticker telegraph, NYSE, 1880s
Broker reading the stock ticker at the New York Stock Exchange, 1880s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Hulton Printing Office Interior, London, London
Hulton Printing Office Interior, London, County of London, England. Showing ticker-tape machines Date: 1910s

NEW YORK CURB MARKET. Transmitting reports of transactions to the ticker. Photograph from an English newspaper of the 1920s or 1930s

STOCK TICKER, 1885. Line drawing, American, 1885

STOCK TICKER, 1885. Line drawing, American, 1885

Ticker tape parade
UNITED STATES - CIRCA 1950s: Ticker tape parade passing Woolworth Building in New York City. (Photo by H. Armstrong Roberts/Retrofile/Getty Images)

Time is money, conceptual artwork F006 / 8743
Time is money, conceptual artwork

Telegraphic ticker machine, 1893 C013 / 9086
Telegraphic ticker machine, 19th-century artwork. This ticker machine is designed for use by financial institutions, in this case by Agence Fournier at the Paris Bourse (Paris stock exchange)

Mr. A. Merger Hogg Is Taking a Few Days Much-Needed Rest at His Country Home
GIBSON: BUSINESSMAN, 1903. Mr. A. Merger Hogg Is Taking a Few Days Much-Needed Rest at His Country Home. Pen and ink drawing, 1903, by Charles Dana Gibson

LFB Fire Station watchroom
Fire Station watchroom, London Fire Brigade

The future of the ticker. Illustration shows an outlandishly dressed tour guide at a museum explaining an exhibit showing a ticker tape machine to an equally outlandishly dressed couple touring

MAY WALDRON. American actress May Waldron in a scene from the play The Girl From Wall Street, 1890. Oil over a photograph

Telegraph Stock Deals
Stockbrokers need high-tech communications to keep pace with their wheeling and dealing - this woman is sending coffee quotations over the ticker circuit

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"Ticker: A Timeless Symbol of Wall Street's Ups and Downs" Step into the world tape, where history and finance intertwine. From John Pierpont Morgan's era to the present day, this captivating device has witnessed it all. In 1901, a lithograph cartoon depicted J. P. Morgan as a bullish figure blowing bubbles of inflated stocks for eager investors. This image perfectly encapsulates the volatile nature of Wall Street throughout time. But not everyone on Wall Street was always in control. Enter the drunk stockbroker, confused by a toilet roll instead tape – a comical reminder that even professionals can get lost in the chaos. The broker and ticker-tape go hand in hand, representing the constant flow of information that shapes financial markets. Every rise and fall is captured on these thin strips, guiding traders through their daily endeavors. Amidst this bustling scene stands a young woman experiencing her first day in New York City. In black-and-white photography, she becomes an emblematic figure symbolizing both vulnerability and resilience amidst the fast-paced world of finance. Photography itself underwent transformation during this period – engraving techniques brought new life to images capturing moments frozen in time. The advent of "the new photography" revolutionized how we perceive our own existence reflected back at us from mirrors or photographs themselves. Sometimes though, solitude beckons away from crowded streets; alone with birds and one's thoughts - contemplating life's fleeting moments mirrored against personal experiences etched deep within one’s soul. Receiving ticker tape became an art form unto itself – decoding messages hidden between lines while absorbing market movements with every passing strip. It was here that fortunes were made or lost within seconds. The mesmerizing tickertape machine served as both conductor and orchestra for financial symphonies playing out on trading floors worldwide - its rhythmic clatter echoing anticipation or despair depending on which way fortunes swayed. Sending messages over the tickertape circuit, traders communicated with lightning speed.