Aerial View of New Albany
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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 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…