Wekerle Sándor (Wurm) Street - Apáczai Csere János (Mária Valéria) Street, the headquarters of the Budapest Commodity and Value Exchange. The photograph was taken between 1880 and 1890.
The main hall of the stock exchange, from above. Below, a crowd of heavily retouched figures. The picture was taken in the 1870s.
The Dunapalota / Ritz hotel building and the rebuilt New Stock Exchange building. The picture was taken in 1916.
New Stock Exchange building. The picture was taken in 1936.
The Dunapalota / Ritz Hotel and the rebuilt New Stock Exchange Building. On the far left is Swiss diplomat Carl Lutz. The picture was taken in 1943.
The Dunapalota / Ritz Hotel and the New Stock Exchange Building were set on fire by a bombing raid on 15 January 1945 and burnt to the ground for several days. The picture was taken in 1945.
Wekerle Sándor (Wurm) street - corner of Dunakorzó, behind the ruined New Exchange building the demolished Széchenyi Chain Bridge. The picture was taken in 1945.
Wekerle Sándor (Wurm) street - Apáczai Csere János (Mária Valéria) street, behind the ruined New Stock Exchange building, behind the Parliament. On the right is the Wurm Courtyard, later Dorottya Palace. The picture was taken in 1945.
The Danube Corridor, Thonet Courtyard on the right, with the burnt-out New Exchange Building in the background. The picture was taken in 1945."What is needed is a serious, persistent will on the part of each of us, directed to visit, use and animate the young institution frequently, perhaps at first with some sacrifice of our habits, our desires and our interests."
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