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stock market crash of 1929: Quick Facts

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Facts

Also Known As the Great Crash
Date 1929
Location United States

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Large crowds of people fill Wall Street among cars and horse-drawn carriages in New York City during the panic following the 1929 stock market crash.
New York Stock Exchange, late 1920s
Large crowd of people in suits and hats gathered on the steps of the sub-treasury building beneath a statue across from the New York Stock Exchange during the 1929 stock market crash.
Archival footage of American workers after the stock market crash of 1929
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