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This short newspaper advertisement from the Philadelphia Tribune invites potential customers to attend a meeting of the Berean Building and Loan Association. The text encourages members to deposit their funds with a building and loan association over…

Maximilian Martin poses outside the Berean Savings Association, where Mr. Martin served as President. Berean Savings Association was the chosen bank of lower income Americans. Maximilian Martin was a prominent Philadelphian who fought for…

Mr. Maximilian Martin, chairman of Berean Savings, inside the bank. Maximilian was the son of prominent African American Philadelphia real estate agent, Isadore Martin. Mr. I. Maximilian Martin was the chairman of the small but important African…