“Lest we forget”
A group of people sit outside of a “soup house,” a factory is “closed,” and a savings bank is “suspended.” Caption: What happened in 1893.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1904-08-16
Your TR Source
Savings banks
The moths and the candle
Print shows Cyrus W. Field and Jay Gould as parts of a candle holder labeled “Wall Street” with a candle burning the flame of “Speculation.” The candle draws moths with their savings to the light, and as the moths get too close to the flame, they die and drop their savings into the “Wall Street” candle holder.
Collection
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
Creation Date
1882-04-26