Interior Architecture, Stock Exchange

The New York Stock Exchange trading room in 1885. Illustration published in the Harper's New Monthly Magazine, November 1885.

The NYSE moved to this old building in 1865 and traders worked in it until April 1901, then it was demolished. The trading room of this old building was enlarged and expanded two times: in 1871 and in 1881.

The introduction of the stock ticker in 1867 revolutionized market transactions by making it possible to quickly transmit market information across the United States. Telephones were installed at the NYSE in 1878 and the market became even more efficient.