Sources & Attributions
The Day America Ran Out of Options
Public-domain sources
"Rich Man's Death Is Surrounded by Mystery" — Fresno Bee, November 15, 1907
The 1907 newspaper coverage of the death of Charles T. Barney, president of the Knickerbocker Trust, shown in the 1907 section.
- Source: California Digital Newspaper Collection (CDNC), Center for Bibliographical Studies and Research, University of California, Riverside.
- Persistent link: https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=FHD19071115.2.9
- License: Public domain. CDNC policy: all newspapers published before January 1, 1930 carry no use restrictions.
- Courtesy line: Courtesy of the California Digital Newspaper Collection, Center for Bibliographic Studies and Research, University of California, Riverside — cdnc.ucr.edu
Charles T. Barney — portrait
Portrait of Charles Tracy Barney (1851–1907), president of the Knickerbocker Trust. Photograph by Pirie MacDonald.
- Source: Wikimedia Commons — Category: Charles Tracy Barney.
- License: Public domain. Published before 1929 (U.S.); Bridgeman v. Corel doctrine confirms that a faithful 2D reproduction of public-domain flat work creates no new copyright.
Knickerbocker Trust Company — buildings
The Knickerbocker Trust's 234 Fifth Avenue (corner of 27th St) building, its main office at Fifth Avenue & 34th Street, and its 60 Broadway branch.
- Source: Library of Congress (Bain News Service; Irving Underhill) and Wikimedia Commons.
- License: Public domain. U.S. photographs published before 1929; Bain News Service glass negatives held by the Library of Congress carry no known restrictions.
Knickerbocker Trust Company — 1908 reopening
Crowd at the columned 34th Street entrance, marking the bank's reopening after the 1907 panic.
- Source: Bain News Service, via the Library of Congress.
- License: Public domain. No known restrictions (Library of Congress).
Crowds on Wall Street — Panic of 1907 era
Period photograph of crowds on Wall Street outside the U.S. Sub-Treasury / financial district.
- Source: Library of Congress / Wikimedia Commons.
- License: Public domain. U.S. photograph published before 1929.
U.S. national debt — the "$39 trillion" total and the holder breakdown
The on-screen figures for total U.S. national debt and its split across domestic holders, foreign holders, the Federal Reserve, and intragovernmental holdings.
- Source: U.S. Department of the Treasury — Fiscal Data, "Debt to the Penny," and the Monthly Statement of the Public Debt.
- Dataset: https://fiscaldata.treasury.gov/datasets/debt-to-the-penny/debt-to-the-penny
- License: Public domain. U.S. federal government data under 17 U.S.C. § 105.
Foreign holders of U.S. Treasury securities — the "$9.4 trillion" figure
- Source: U.S. Department of the Treasury, Treasury International Capital (TIC) System — Major Foreign Holders of Treasury Securities.
- Series home: https://home.treasury.gov/data/treasury-international-capital-tic-system
- Direct data table: https://ticdata.treasury.gov/Publish/mfh.txt
- License: Public domain. U.S. federal government data under 17 U.S.C. § 105.
Economic data series (interest rates, inflation, money supply)
- Source: Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (FRED) — https://fred.stlouisfed.org/
- License: Public domain. U.S. federal government data under 17 U.S.C. § 105.
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