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Four 1936 Safekeeping Receipts for Mr. Hallis Summers
Collection
The Safekeeping Receipt Collection
Format
Four original paper receipts
Date
1936-02-22 - 1936-03-25
People
Michael Gladden Jr.; Michael Gladden
Hallis Summers; Mr. Hallis Summers
Location
Apopka, Florida, United States of America.
Historical Background
Four receipts marked for the safekeeping account of Mr. Hallis Summers. On the top left receipt, Hallis Summers deposited $6.00 into his existing safekeeping account of $8.00 on March 7th, 1936, bringing his total to $14.00.
On the top right receipt, Hallis Summers withdrew $12.00 from his existing safekeeping account of $17.00, bringing his account to $5.00 as of March 25th, 1936.
On the bottom left receipt, Hallis Summers withdrew $2.00 from his existing safekeeping account of $10.00 on February 22nd, 1936, bringing his account to $8.00.
On the bottom left receipt, Hallis Summers deposited $5.00 from his existing safekeeping account of $14.00 on March 14th, 1936, bringing his account to $19.00. Later, Hallis Summers withdrew $2.00 from his account on March 17th, 1936, leaving it at a total of $17.00.
At a time when Black Americans distrusted banks due to racial discrimination and the dawn of the Great Depression (1929-1939), Michael Gladden Jr. stepped up to become the community's safekeeper and banker. Mr. Gladden securely stored these special store receipts in one of three vaults in his storefront, M. Gladden Staple and Fancy Groceries. The earliest evidence of Michael Gladden's monetary safekeeping dates to 1931, when Apopka started to feel the effects of the Depression in full force.
