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Two Receipts Marked for Safekeeping for Ms. Dora Lee 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 safekeeping for the account of Ms. Dora Lee Davis.
On the left receipt, Ms. Davis deposited $5.00 into her existing safekeeping account of $10.00, bringing her total to $15.00 on April 3rd, 1934.
On the right receipt, Ms. Davis deposited $1.00 into her existing safekeeping account of $3.00, bringing her total to $4.00 on February 24th, 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.
