The Lockwood-Mathews Mansion Museum in Norwalk will unveil a new exhibition next month that will explore some of the leading figures in 19th-century finance.
Called “Bulls of Wall Street: High Finance, Power, and Social Change in Victorian America,” the exhibit will debut on Sept. 4 from 12 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Curated by museum consultant Stacey Danielson, the exhibition will display the financial world of LeGrand Lockwood — one of the 19th century’s most prominent financiers — and his contemporaries, including Cornelius Vanderbilt and Jay Gould. The exhibition will feature rare artifacts, documents, photographs and costumes from both public and private collections, including the New York Stock Exchange, the museum said.
The display will also highlight obscure figures in early American finance such as Victoria Woodhull, Hetty Green and Jeremiah Hamilton, the first black millionaire in the United States.
“This exciting, new exhibit on American finance has been several years in the making,” said Douglas Hempstead, chairman of the board, and Susan Gilgore, executive director, in a joint statement. “We are very grateful to CT Humanities and all our supporters, and we look forward to sharing rarely seen images and artifacts as well as a new perspective on early Wall Street.”
