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Two Marked Safekeeping Receipts for Ms. Dora Davis
Collection
The Safekeeping Receipt Collection
Format
Two original paper receipts
Date
c. 1934
People
Ms. Dora Lee Davis; Ms. Dora Davis; Dora Davis
Michael Gladden Jr.; Michael Gladden
Location
Apopka, Florida, United States of America.
Historical Background
Two receipts marked for the safekeeping account of Ms. Dora Davis by Michael Gladden Jr.
On the left receipt, Ms. Davis deposited $3.00 into her existing safekeeping account, which now totals $7.50, bringing her to $10.50 as of March 20th, 1934. Later on the same date, Ms. Davis withdrew $0.50 from her safekeeping account, leaving $10.00 remaining in her account.
On the right receipt, Ms. Davis deposited $2.00 into her existing safekeeping account of $17.00, bringing her to $19.00 as of April 23rd, 1934. A mistake was erased further down on the receipt, where $20.00 was written instead of $19.00.
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.
