Private banks
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Exterior of Leopold Mayer's Bank and Dry Goods Store in Saguache, Colorado, circa 1885
Item
Identifier: B063.01.0001.00041
Abstract
A group of men stand on the wood sidewalk in front of a row of buildings. A sign reads, "Gotthelf & Mayer Bank, Dry Goods and Clothing, Groceries" and other signs read, "Saguache County Bank", "Gotthelf & Mayer" and "Ruby Saloon". Leopold Mayer began as a shoe and boot merchant.
Dates:
circa 1885
Leslie Davis, 2007 November 16-17
File
Identifier: B111.03.0003.0001
Abstract
Leslie Friedman Davis (1922-2007), granddaughter of Leopold H. Guldman (of the Golden Eagle Dry Goods Co.) was a prominent Denver philanthropist and organizer. She was born in Denver, Colorado, attended East High School, and earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Colorado. Davis founded the Women's Bank in Denver in 1978. The bank was owned and operated mostly by women, and was created so that women could be self-sufficient and get credit without their husbands. the Women's Bank...
Dates:
2007 November 16-17