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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.

Foreign holders of U.S. Treasury securities — the "$9.4 trillion" figure

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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