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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 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
January 1933
Recommended Citation
"Bank of Commerce and Trust, Memphis, TN, 1933" (2024). Other Images. 5.
https://digitalcommons.memphis.edu/speccoll-mss-rpevahouse3/5
Keywords
Great Depression, 1929-1939; Bank of Commerce and Trust (Memphis, Tenn.)
