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E. P. Wilbur Trust Company, Bethlehem, PA: failed November 16, 1935

E. P. Wilbur Trust Company in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, failed on November 16, 1935. It held $4.4 million in deposits.

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The FDIC's record

Closed
November 16, 1935
Type
Failure
How it was resolved
Purchase and assumption: another bank took over the deposits
Total deposits
$4,357,000
Charter
State nonmember bank (FDIC)
Insurance fund
FDIC

The FDIC record

Other bank failures in Pennsylvania, 1933 to 1937

BankCityClosedAssetsDepositsEstimated costAcquirer
The Nescopeck National BankNescopeckOctober 22, 1937$397,000$329,000
The First National Bank of Mahanoy CityMahanoy CityJune 5, 1937$2.1 million
The Commercial National Bank of BradfordBradfordSeptember 28, 1935$5.2 million$4.6 million
Bank of America Trust Co.PittsburghApril 19, 1934$1.4 million$1.1 million

All bank failures in 1935 · All bank failures in Pennsylvania · The full failed bank list

Read from the FDIC's failures data (BankFind), last updated 2026-10-24. Assets and deposits are as of the last report before failure; the estimated cost is the FDIC's latest estimate of the loss to its insurance fund and changes as the receivership winds down. Free to reuse with credit to SpecStream under CC BY 4.0.