Bankrupt investor Walter Thornton tries to sell
his luxury roadster for $100 cash on the streets of New York City following the
1929 stock market crash
The car pictured in this photograph was a 1929 Chrysler 75 and sold new for around $1555 at the time. That would equal about $23,000 today. The $100 asking price after the crash would be about $1500 today.
Walter
Thornton (pictured) recovered quickly after the stock crash and started a
modelling agency in 1929. As the Walter Thornton Modelling Agency grew, it was
considered one of the "Big Three" and one of the largest model
agencies in the United States. The agency was known for its World War II era
pin-up girls.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Clarence_Thornton
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