Wheat Pit in 1906

 

Wheat Pit, New York, Produce Exchange, Schwarz-weiß-Photographie, 1906, unbekannter Photograph; Bildquelle: NYPL Digital Gallery, Image ID: 801562, http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/id?801562.

While the European grain markets became increasingly interconnected from around 1820, the USA did not join this well-integrated international grain trade until after the Civil War (1861–1865). The image shows the wheat exchange in New York in 1906.


Wheat Pit, New York, Produce Exchange, black-and-white photograph, 1906, unknown photographer; image source: NYPL Digital Gallery, Image ID: 801562.