Clearing house scrip prepared in Milwaukee

Five men stand next to bundles of clearing house scrip, a kind of printed emergency currency to substitute bank notes during the Depression.

Publication date: 1933-12-31

Size: 10.3 x 7 cm

Publisher: Tribune Company

Print type: grayscale

Language:

• English

Geography:

• Milwaukee (Wis.)

Temporal: 1933-03

Subject(s):

• Banking--Wisconsin--Milwaukee--1930-1940
• Depressions--Wisconsin--Milwaukee--1930-1940
• Scrip--1930-1940

Genre(s):

• Photographs

Type(s):

• still image
• text

Copyright(s):

• These materials are either in the public domain, according to U.S. copyright law, or permission has been obtained from rights owners. The digital version and supplementary materials are available for all educational uses worldwide.

Is part of:

• The Janet A. Ginsburg Chicago Tribune Image Collection

Source(s):

• Chicago Sunday Tribune (December 31, 1933), p. 5

Format(s):

• application/pdf
• image/jpeg