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Source Collection
Ron Pevahouse collection, Special Collections Department, University of Memphis Libraries
Identifier
sc.0169.003_001.001
Description
Crowd lined up outside the Bank of Commerce and Trust on 2nd Street, Memphis, Tennessee in January 1933, attempting to withdraw their savings en masse. During the Great Depression this action became known as a "run on the bank" when the public no longer trusted banks to remain in business and safeguard their money.
Date Created
2024
Date
1933 January
Recommended Citation
"Bank of Commerce and Trust, Memphis, TN, 1933" (2024). Memphis Images. 5.
https://digitalcommons.memphis.edu/speccoll-mss-rpevahouse3/5
Keywords
Great Depression, 1929-1939; Bank of Commerce and Trust (Memphis, Tenn.)
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