Ticker Tape Collection

Drunk Stockbroker - confused by toilet roll
Drunk Stockbroker - confused by a toilet roll, which he takes to be the ticker tape! (which would have provided him with the latest market prices). Date: circa 1910s

Ticker-tape machine at the stock exchange, 1881
3479639 Ticker-tape machine at the stock exchange, 1881; (add.info.: Ticker-tape machine at the stock exchange, 1881.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Formula One World Championship, Rd10, German Grand Prix, Race, Hockenheim, Germany, Sunday 22 July 2012
Podium and results: 1st Fernando Alonso (ESP) Ferrari, centre. 2nd Sebastian Vettel (GER) Red Bull Racing, left. 3rd Jenson Button (GBR) McLaren, right

2020 Turkish GP
ISTANBUL PARK, TURKEY - NOVEMBER 15: Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1, celebrates on the podium after winning the race, to take his 7th World Championship title, with Sergio Perez

Radio, 1919. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Radio, 1919. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Radio, 1919. USA. Sailor typing at ticker tape machine: Leased wire telegram received at Navy Department...New York Oct 23 1919, I P Bemberg

Radio, between 1910 and 1920. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Radio, between 1910 and 1920. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Radio, between 1910 and 1920. Ticker tape machine, USA

Civic Reception for Fernando Alonso
A civic reception for double F1 World Champion Fernando Alonso (ESP), Renault, was held in Oviedo, Spain. Civic Reception for Fernando Alonso, Oviedo, Spain, 29 October 2006. DIGITAL IMAGE

2020 Turkish GP
ISTANBUL PARK, TURKEY - NOVEMBER 15: Car of Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1, after winning the race, to take his 7th World Championship title during the Turkish GP at Istanbul Park on Sunday

2020 Turkish GP
ISTANBUL PARK, TURKEY - NOVEMBER 15: Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1, celebrates on the podium after winning the race

2020 Turkish GP
ISTANBUL PARK, TURKEY - NOVEMBER 15: Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1, celebrates on the podium after winning the race

2020 Turkish GP
ISTANBUL PARK, TURKEY - NOVEMBER 15: Car of Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1, after winning the race, to take his 7th World Championship title during the Turkish GP at Istanbul Park on Sunday

The 1978 World Cup was won by Argentina who beat the Netherlands 3-1 after extra time in the final in Argentina at the Estadio Monumental

Armistice Day, Toronto, 1918 (oil on canvas)
CIV214940 Armistice Day, Toronto, 1918 (oil on canvas) by Sampson, Joseph Ernest (1887-1946); 153.1x92.1 cm; Canadian War Museum, Ottawa

New York City welcomes the Apollo 11 crew in a ticker tape parade, 1969 (colour photograph)
5322850 New York City welcomes the Apollo 11 crew in a ticker tape parade, 1969 (colour photograph); (add.info.: Apollo 11 mission of July 1969 was the first manned moon landing Neil Armstrong)

Stocks and Shares, 1936 (colour litho) (see also 498224)
498225 Stocks and Shares, 1936 (colour litho) (see also 498224) by Bull, Rene(1872-1942); Private Collection; (add.info.: Front)

Stocks and Shares, 1936 (colour litho) (see also 498225)
498224 Stocks and Shares, 1936 (colour litho) (see also 498225) by Bull, Rene(1872-1942); Private Collection; (add.info.: Illustration from a series of Howler humorous cigarette cards published by)

International Friendly match in Buenos Aires. Argentina 1 v England 1. Kevin Keegan. 12th June 1977

Charles A. Dana, The New York Sun, from the American Editors series (N1) for Allen &
Charles A. Dana, The New York Sun, from the American Editors series (N1) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes Brands, 1887

Blind Typists - Royal Normal College, Upper Norwood
Blind Typists - Royal Normal College for the Blind, Westow Street, Upper Norwood, London. Taking down a telephone message in shorthand

Code and Cypher Officer, c1943. Creator: Cecil Beaton
Code and Cypher Officer, c1943. The Womens Auxiliary Air Force (WaF), whose members were referred to as WaFs, was the female auxiliary of the British Royal Air Force during World War II

The Great Blizzard of June, 1927, New York City, USA, 1927. A ticker tape parade to welcome American aviator Charles A Lindbergh (1902-1974)

Punch room at Tetleys brewers, Leeds, West Yorkshire, 1968. Artist: Michael Walters
Punch room at Tetleys brewers, Leeds, West Yorkshire, 1968. The punch room at Tetleys headquarters, Huntsman house in Leeds. The ticker tape can be seen streaming out of the machines

Streamer Farewell
1955: A woman throwing streamers on the dockside at Sydney as she bids farewell to relatives leaving for England. (Photo by Dennis Rowe/BIPs/Getty Images)

Spinning Telegram
A telegraph worker records a message from the ticker tape slip. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

JOAO GOULART (1919-1976). Brazilian president. Goulart in a parade. Photograph by Dick DeMarsico
JOO GOULART (1919-1976). Brazilian president. Goulart in a parade. Photograph by Dick DeMarsico, 5 April 1962

NEW YORK: MOTT STREET, 1942. A flag raising ceremony on Mott Street in New York City, in honor of men from the neighborhood in the United States Army. Photograph by Marjory Collins, 1942

NEW YORK: MOTT STREET, 1942. Italian-American women on a fire escape watching a parade and flag raising ceremony on Mott Street in New York City

STOCK TICKER, 1885. Line drawing, American, 1885

NYC: TICKER TAPE PARADE. The ticker tape parade on Broadway, celebrating Gertrude Ederles successful swim across the English Channel. Photograph, 1926

CHARLES LINDBERGH (1902-1974). American aviator. Lindbergh rides up New York Citys Broadway in a ticker-tape parade to a heros welcome, 13 June 1927

CHARLES A. LINDBERGH (1902-1974). American aviator. Lindbergh receiving a heros welcome as he rides up Lower Broadway, New York City, 13 June 1927

STOCK TICKER, 1885. Line drawing, American, 1885

Ticker tape parade
UNITED STATES - CIRCA 1950s: Ticker tape parade passing Woolworth Building in New York City. (Photo by H. Armstrong Roberts/Retrofile/Getty Images)

Ticker-Tape Parade
The tickertape parade in New York following Charles Lindberghs arrival after his solo flight across the Atlantic. (Photo by Central Press/Getty Images)

Parade For Lindbergh
June 1927: A tickertape parade on Broadway, New York, to welcome home US aviator Charles Lindbergh following his non-stop solo Atlantic flight from New York to Paris

Lindberghs Return
June 1927: New York City celebrates Charles Lindberghs return with a ticker-tape parade, after his non-stop one-man transatlantic flight from New York to Paris

VE Day In New York; corner of Wall Street and Nassau Street in New York City during
The corner of Wall Street and Nassau Street in New York City during the VE Day celebrations, 7th May 1945. Trinity Church looms in the background. (Photo by Archive Photos/Getty Images)

American industrialist, aviator, and film producer. Waving to crowds during a ticker tape parade up Broadway in New
HOWARD HUGHES (1905-1976). American industrialist, aviator, and film producer. Waving to crowds during a ticker tape parade up Broadway in New York City, 15 July 1938

Stock Markets: International links by telegraph and telephone. New Year greetings from Mercer Locock to their clients 1894

Main station of Exchange Telegraph Company, London, England, showing operator receiving a message on ticker-tape machine. Morse transmitting instrument connected directly to the Stock Exchange

Wall Street bubbles: - Always the same. J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) American financier as a bull blowing bubbles of inflated values, for which a group of people are eagerly reach

Scene from the film, The Wolf Of Wall Street
Hollywood, California: 1929. Brokers check the tape for daily prices in a scene from the film, The Wolf Of Wall Street, which opened just months before the crash in 1929

Computerized Stock Quotes
New York, New York: c. 1966. New computers aided stock quotations in the 1960 s. Here, stock exchange employees compare the old ticker tape and new computerized systems

New Ticker Tape Machine
Chicago, Illinois: June 13, 1930 One of the new ticker tape machines now being used on the new Chicago Board of Trade. A broker checks the tape

A Wall Street Tipster
New York, New York: December 28, 1923 A man who is head of a Wall Street tipping bureau checks the ticker tape

New Hutton Brokerage Office
New York, New York: c. 1929 Stage star Irene Bordini visits the new uptown Hutton & Co stock brokerage office. She was the first customer at the new office and is looking over the tape with W.D

US Treasury stock market teletypes, 1939 C016 / 4520
US Treasury stock market teletypes. US economist Archie Lockhead in his office at the US Treasury, Washington DC, USA, checking stock market news on teletypes

Lindbergh / New York Hero
Lindbergh is welcomed to New York as a hero

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"Ticker Tape: From Drunk Stockbrokers to Historic Parades, a Journey through Time" In the world of finance, it has long been associated with stock market updates and celebrations. However, its origins are rather peculiar. Picture this: a confused drunk stockbroker mistaking toilet roll for ticker tape during an eventful trading day. Fast forward to 1978, when Argentina triumphed over the Netherlands in the World Cup finals. The streets were filled with ticker tape as jubilant fans celebrated their victory in style. But it's not just sports that have witnessed the mesmerizing beauty parades. In 1969, New York City welcomed back the Apollo 11 crew with a colorful parade showered in ticker tape confetti. A vibrant photograph captured this historic moment forever. Even before these grand celebrations, stocks and shares had their own artistic representation. In a stunning lithograph from 1936, we see the intricate details of financial markets brought to life on paper. Moving away from finance momentarily, let's delve into history itself. Armistice Day in Toronto back in 1918 was immortalized on canvas by an artist who depicted people amidst falling ticker tape confetti while celebrating peace after World War I. The world is full of fascinating moments caught up in this whirlwind of spinning telegram-like strips. Blind typists at Royal Normal College showcased their incredible skills despite their visual impairments – proving that determination knows no bounds. During times of war, even code and cypher officers found themselves surrounded by ticker tapes as they deciphered secret messages crucial to national security during World War II – an image captured by Cecil Beaton himself. Nature can also play tricks on us; like the Great Blizzard of June 1927 hitting New York City unexpectedly and transforming its streets into snow-covered landscapes adorned with swirling bits of paper resembling delicate flakes. Beyond finance and historical events lies everyday life.