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This photo was taken by Allyn Baum

they "opened the mailbox door and prayed

Reagan was again writing radio commentaries

But let us never fear to negotiate

"They saw men and motor cars creeping like insects through the streets

Stock Market Panic Frame Color:White This photo was taken byPanic stricken crowds mill around the Stock Exchange in New Yorkon Oct. 24, 1929, known as Black Thursday. A Times headline the next day declared, "Worst Stock Crash Stemmed by Banks; 12,894,650 Share Day Swamps Market." The lead storysaid, "The most disastrous decline in the biggest and broadest stock market of history rocked the financial district yesterday." In the next few days, thousands throughout the nation lost billions of dollars as stock