John Pierpont Morgan was an American financier and investment banker who dominated corporate finance on Wall Street throughout the Gilded Age and Progressive Era. As the head of the banking firm that ultimately became known as J.P. Morgan and Co., he was a driving personal force behind the wave of industrial consolidations in the United States at the turn of the twentieth century.
His father Junius Spencer Morgan guided his son's early career and established the Morgan banking house with offices in London, New York, Philadelphia, and Paris.
Early view (c. 1855) of 229, 225 and 219 Madison Avenue before the street was paved
Morgan photographed c. 1870
Bond of the New Jersey Junction Railroad Company, issued 30. June 1886, reverse side with signatures of John Pierpont Morgan and Harris C. Fahnestock as trustees
Wall Street is a street in the Financial District of Lower Manhattan in New York City. Eight city blocks long, it runs between Broadway in the west and South Street and the East River in the east. The term "Wall Street" has become a metonym for the financial markets of the United States as a whole, the American financial services industry, New York–based financial interests, or the Financial District itself. Anchored by Wall Street, New York has been described as the world's principal fintech and financial center.
The New York Stock Exchange Building's Broad Street entrance (right) as seen from Wall Street, April 2005. 23 Wall Street, the former headquarters of financial firm J. P. Morgan & Co., is visible at the far left.
Street sign
Block-House and City Gate (foot of present Wall Street) 1674, New Amsterdam
New Amsterdam's wall depicted on tiles in the Wall Street subway station
