Brown & Stevens Bank

Title

Brown & Stevens Bank

Subject

Brown & Stevens Bank on 427 South Broad Street, Philadelphia

Description

From the Philadelphia Tribune, this clipping depicts the Brown & Stevens Bank on Broad Street. This bank was the second African-American owned bank in Philadelphia. The owners--E.C. Brown and Andrew Stevens, Jr.--served as prominent leaders in black society as they experienced economic success and involved themselves politically in Philadelphia.

Creator

Philadelphia Tribune

Source

Charles L. Blockson Afro-American Collection, Temple University Libraries

Publisher

WCU, HIS 601/HON 452 Great Migration and Digital Storytelling, Fall 2014

Date

c. 1921

Contributor

Shila Scott, Sarah Budzik

Rights

Used by permission of the Philadelphia Tribune Company, Inc.All rights reserved. The Philadelphia Tribune, with 130 years of continuous publication, is the oldest newspaper in the United States serving the African-American community.

Format

JPG

Type

Still Image

Files

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Citation

Philadelphia Tribune, “Brown & Stevens Bank,” Goin' North, accessed September 27, 2023, https://goinnorth.org/items/show/79.