Economic History Gallery

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Memorial Stone of the Foundation of Tyumen (Russia).Tyumen was established as a fortress in 1586, to
The Worst Hyperinflation in History and the Death of the Hungarian Pengo,Inflation is when money los
Fragmentsof high-quality glassware (16thcentury, Tara, Siberia).Tara,one of the oldest Russian settl
The Knights Templar — Warrior Monks, Warrior BankersDuring the Middle Ages the Knights Templar
The History of the Paper Coin — Fractional Currency during the Civil War.During the US Civil W
Kasaan (Prince Wales Island, Alaska, c. 1879 - 1930).
Why does the Washington Monument have an aluminum capstone?When the Washington Monument was complete
The Scotsman who founded modern Japan,Today Japan boasts one of the largest modern economies in the
Nazitroops sing in front of the Berlin branch of the F. W. WoolworthCompany to encourage a boycott o
The Death of the American Shopping Mall,“My name is Ozymandias, king of kings:Look on my works, ye M
Probably won’t fit in your wallet — The Kissi PennyThroughout human history various item
Taking ships’ logs from the 1700s and 1800s, and charting each geolocated entry on a white sur
George Washington, Father of our Country, father of the modern expense account.One of the great myth
Horse-drawn wagons loaded with cotton bales on a busy commercial street in Gainesville (Texas, 1910s
Cotton hoers from Memphis, Tennessee are carried by trucks to the Arkansas plantations (1937).  The
William Stamper (82 years old) and his wife, who have lived in the Ozarks for fifty years (Missouri,
Many adults in the U.S. have memories of selling chocolate bars as elementary school students to rai
Fun History Fact,The worst instance of hyperinflation in history occurred in Hungary after World War
It’s Only Paper — Hyperinflation in Weimer Germany.After World War I the Kaiser was kick
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Fun History Fact,In 1721 famed scientist Sir Isaac Newton lost a whopping £20,000 to bad financial i
Inside a cabin in the Ozarks that houses six people (Missouri, May 1936).
Moneybags Musa’s Wild and Crazy Pilgrimage!!!Between the 13th and 16th centuries one of the wealthie
Today In History, April 1st, 1778Wealthy businessman Oliver Pollock creates the “$” symb
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