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Three Receipts Marked for Safekeeping for Ms. Dora Davis and Jake Brown
Collection
The Safekeeping Receipt Collection
Format
Three original paper receipts
Date
c. 1933-1934
People
Jake Brown
Michael Gladden Jr.; Michael Gladden
Ms. Dora Davis; Dora Davis
Location
Apopka, Florida, United States of America.
Historical Background
Three paper receipts marked for safekeeping, addressed to the safekeeping accounts of Ms. Dora Davis (top left, bottom center) and Jake Brown (top right).
In the top left receipt, Ms. Dora Davis had deposited a total of $2.00 stored in Michael Gladden Jr.'s store vault as of February 13th, 1934.
In the top right receipt, Mr. Jake Brown, Apopka's infamous gambler and moonshiner, had withdrawn $5.00 from his account of $10.00, leaving his balance at only $5.00 as of December 20th, 1933.
In the bottom center receipt, Ms. Dora Davis had added to her previous deposit of $2.00 by depositing $1.00, bringing her balance to a total of $3.00 as of February 21st, 1934.
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.
