Aerial View of New Albany

ID: 876 ~ Source: New Albany-Floyd County Public Library ~ Creator: Charles Bruder ~ Date: 1850s

This file appears in: The Economic Panic of 1873 and Labor Relations in New Albany

New Albany shown in 1850s,
Image courtesy of New Albany-Floyd County Public Library Digital Collection.

This file appears in: The Economic Panic of 1873 and Labor Relations in New Albany

The Economic Panic of 1873 and Labor Relations in New Albany

By John Slack, Mary K. Marlatt, Benjamin Gies & Ellis Cassity

By the early 1870s, New Albany became a bustling river town with extensive commercial activity and a large number of industrial facilities. Nationwide economic trends disrupted New Albany’s economic prosperity. The Great Panic of 1873 swept across…