A black-and-white photograph of four White men in suits and hats exiting a city building and each holding a briefcase tethered to the other briefcases.

Wall Street "Chain Gang" Carries Securities from the Stock Exchange to Banks in New York City. 1937

Carl Mydans (1907-2004)

Date

1937, printed 1985
Object Type

Photographs
Medium

Gelatin silver print
Dimensions

20 x 26 in.
Inscriptions

Verso:
c. stamp: PHOTO BY \ CARL MYDANS
c. [orange sticker]
c. in ink: Chain Gang \ Wall Sheet [sic] \ spring 1937 \ (my negative) \ [signed] Carl Mydans
c.r. in graphite: [illeg.]
l.r. stamp: CM
l.r. in ink: P
Credit Line

Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas, Gift of the artist
Accession Number

P1985.27.11
Copyright

© Carl Mydans/LIFE Magazine, Time Inc.

Location: Off view

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