Former American bank
Crowds form outside the Bank of United States when it failed in 1931.
The Bank of United States , founded by Joseph S. Marcus in 1913 at 77 Delancey Street in New York City ,[ 1] [ 2] [ 3] was a New York City bank that failed in 1931. The bank run on its Bronx branch is said to have started the collapse of banking during the Great Depression .[ 4]
^ "MERGER OF 2 BANKS LINKS $175,000,000" , The New York Times , April 27, 1928
^ "HIGH-TITLED BANK CAN HOLD ITS NAME; Its Rivals Argued East Side Would Think "Bank of United States" Was Government's" (PDF) , The New York Times , p. 7, June 24, 1913
^ "GIVES ROOF GARDEN FOR JEWISH BLIND; J. S. Marcus Equips Recreation Centre on Top of Bank of United States Building EXCLUSIVELY FOR THEIR USE Association Aims to Hunt Up the Sightless of Their Race and Educate Them" , The New York Times , June 7, 1915
^ Gray, Christopher (August 18, 1991), "Streetscapes: The Bank of the United States in the Bronx; The First Domino In the Depression" , The New York Times