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The Crash of '29

Selling was triggered in part by a huge sell-off the preceding Thursday. Despite the efforts of brokers the next day (when this photo was taken) shares continued to decline, a trend dramatized by the newspapers.
Bettmann / Corbis

Trading Floor
As the slide continued, trading increased. Over 16 million shares were traded, a record not broken until 1969. During the panic, clerks worked for 48 straight hours.

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