A bank run on the Fourth National Bank No. 20 Nassau Street, New York City, from Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper, 4 October 1873
On 20 September 1873 for the first time ever, the New York Stock Exchange was forced to close due to a banking crisis. This panic had a long term effect on the US economy. Read more at http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/general-article/grant-panic/.
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