1929
10/20/2025
Cal Water’s East Los Angeles District Manager, 29-year-old Fred Dodge, happens to be in New York for training and tours the New York Stock Exchange on Black Thursday, witnessing the pandemonium of the stock market crash that will mark the start of the Great Depression.
Cal Water’s East Los Angeles District Manager, 29-year-old Fred Dodge, happens to be in New York for training and tours the New York Stock Exchange on Black Thursday, witnessing the pandemonium of the stock market crash that will mark the start of the Great Depression.
Crowd of people gather outside the New York Stock Exchange following the Crash of 1929.
The New York Times newspaper headline on the market crash.
