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[Franklin D. Roosevelt signing the 1935 Bank Reform Act]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01094 Author/Creator: Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Photograph signed Date: 23 August 1935 Pagination: 1 photograph : b&w ; 26 x 21 cm. Order a Copy

Also signed by ten other persons in the photograph, including Carter Glass and Henry Steagall. Shows Roosevelt sitting at his desk signing the act while the other ten men look on from behind.

Roosevelt, Franklin Delano, 1882-1945
Glass, Carter, 1858-1946
Steagall, Henry Bascom, 1873-1943
Great Depression and World War II, 1929-1945
Banking
Reform Movement
Economics
Finance
Law
Congress
President
Great Depression
Government and Civics
The Great Depression
The New Deal

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