Foreclosure Sign

Description:

During the cyclical downturn of 2008, home foreclosures skyrocketed as people lost jobs, low teaser rate adjustable rate mortgages re-set, and the housing bubble burst. Realtor Kevin Berman of Bankers Realty Services used this foreclosure sign in the Fort Lauderdale area during between 2008 and 2012.

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Exhibition: American Enterprise

Exhibition Location: National Museum of American History

Related Publication: Sewer, Andy; Allison, David; Liebhold, Peter; Davis, Nancy; Franz, Kathleen G.. American Enterprise: A History of Business in America

Credit Line: Gift of Kevin Berman

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: 2012.0245.03Catalog Number: 2012.0245.03Accession Number: 2012.0245

Object Name: sign

Physical Description: plastic (overall material)white (overall color)red (overall color)Measurements: overall: 5 15/16 in x 18 in x 1/16 in; 15.08125 cm x 45.72 cm x .15875 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

Guid: https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ad-b3b7-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_1432976

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