Depositors’ run on John Walsh’s Chicago National Bank in 1905. Walsh, who was the partner of Charles Dawes and Samuel Insull in several gas deals, served three years at the federal prison at Fort Leavenworth for issuing fraudulent
call reports, which concealed the massive insider abuse at his failed bank. (Courtesy, Chicago History Museum)
Run on Chicago National Bank
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Asking the superintendent to act
(Tribune archive photo)
A crowd of children and the unemployed marched to the office of Chicago Public Schools Superintendent William Bogan demanding free food in March 1932. During the Great Depression, teachers worked at reduced wages or went without pay in part because people were unable to pay their taxes.
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Good photo
What do you know of the failure of the Siegel, Cooper Savings Bank in the 1900s?