Douglass National Bank

CTL-E-0193 · Business · bank · 1920s–1930s

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Anthony Overton's nationally chartered Black-owned bank

Relationships

Anthony Overton — founded by
Founded by Anthony Overton
Bronzeville — located in
Bronzeville Black-owned bank

Sources

BlackPast.org — Anthony Overton

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Inside a dress shop on 47th Street, Chicago's Black business corridor, Chicago, 1941Photo: Russell Lee, FSA-OWI, Public Domain, via Library of Congress

A men's furnishings counter on 47th Street, Chicago, 1941Photo: Russell Lee, FSA-OWI, Public Domain, via Library of Congress

Shoppers at a ten-cent store counter, South Side, Chicago, 1941Photo: Russell Lee, FSA-OWI, Public Domain, via Library of Congress

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