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Two Marked Safekeeping Receipts for Mr. Lewis Scott
Collection
The Safekeeping Receipt Collection
Format
Two original paper receipts
Date
1934-01 - 1934-02
People
Lewis Scott; Mr. Lewis Scott
Michael Gladden Jr.; Michael Gladden
Location
Apopka, Florida, United States of America.
Historical Background
Two receipts marked for the safekeeping account of Mr. Lewis Scott by Michael Gladden Jr.
On the left receipt, Mr. Scott withdrew $2.00 into his existing safekeeping account, which totaled $13.00 on February 5th, 1934. Mr. Scott's cash balance on February 17th, 1934, totaled $11.00 after his withdrawal.
On the right receipt, Mr. Scott deposited $4.00 into his existing safekeeping account of $5.00, bringing his account to $9.00 as of January 27th, 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.
