ILLUSTRATIONS 
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PLATE Pace 
i. The New York Stock Exchange Building. . . . . Frontispiece 
2. The Roman Forum (18th Century) . . . . 32 
3. The Amsterdam Beurs (17th Century) . . . Me 
4. The New York Stock Exchange in 1853. . . . 66 
3. The Stock Exchange Floor (Old Board Room) . . . . . . 76 
6. Tube Station and Telephone Booths on the Floor. . . . . 162 
7. New Stock Post . . . . . .. . 163 
8. The Bond Room , 262 
93. The Money Desk 286 
FIGURE 
I. Assignment Form . . . . . . . Cee ee 
2. Map of Wire System of New York Stock Exchange Firms . 
3. Plan of Ground Floor of the New York Stock Exchange . . 
4. Bond Distribution Statement. . . . . . 
5. Stock Distribution Statement . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 
6. U. S. Steel Corporation Stock Distribution Chart. . . . 
v7. The Distribution of Listed Securities . . . . . 
8. “loor “Sell Slip”. . . .... 
9. “loor Sale Report Slip . . . . 
ro. Floor “Buy Slip”. . . . . , 
11. Floor Purchase Report Slip . . . 
12. Buy Slip for a “Give-Out” Order . 
13. Cancel Slip . . . . . .. .... 
14. Specimen Page of a Specialist’s Book . . . . 
15. Another Specimen Page of a Specialist’s Book 
16. Odd-Lot Dealer’s Sale Report Slip. . . . . 
17. Odd-Lot Dealer’s Purchase Report Slip. . . 
(8. Specimen Sections of Stock Ticker Tape . 
19. Bond Quotation Card. . . . . . 
20. Time Loan Agreement . . . . . . . 
21. General or “Blanket” Loan Agreement . 
22. Face of Call Loan Envelope. . . . . . . Ce 
23. Federal Reserve Member Brokers’ Loans and Total Loans 
and Investments, 1919-1921 . . Coe. 
24. Receive Exchange Ticket . . . 
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