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Source Collection
Ron Pevahouse collection, Special Collections Department, University of Memphis Libraries
Identifier
sc.0169.003_001.003
Description
Memphis, Tennessee, Mayor Watkins Overton attempting to calm the crowd outside the Bank of Commerce and Trust in January 1933. The crowd were lining up to withdraw their savings from the bank which was a common action during the Great Depression and in turn caused the banks even more instability.
Date Created
2024
Date
1933 January
Recommended Citation
"Mayor Watkins Overton at the Bank of Commerce and Trust, Memphis, TN, 1933" (2024). Memphis Images. 6.
https://digitalcommons.memphis.edu/speccoll-mss-rpevahouse3/6
Keywords
Overton, Watkins (1894-1958); Great Depression, 1929-1939; Bank of Commerce and Trust (Memphis, Tenn.)
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