Wall Street - 1860s

 

Here, two photos of Wall Street, looking west towards Trinity Church, taken from the Merchant's Exchange Building (corner of William St.), about the same year in the 1860s. Compositions of stereoscopic views. Source: New York Public Library.

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19th Century Wall Street NY

 

The Mechanics' Bank and the Leather Manufacturers' Bank can be partially seen near on the left, near the corner of Broad Street on Wall Street. The buildings on the southeast corner were demolished in 1872 to make way for the Drexel Building.

On the northeast corner of William Street stands the Bank of New York building, completed in 1858. The neoclassical Bank of America Building, on the northwest corner of William Street, is on the extreme right, demolished in 1888 to make way for a new Bank of America Building.

 

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Wall Street - 1860s

 

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