Copyright 1917

by AUSTIN N. JENKINS

by

The Story of a Rising Race Told in Pictures

Special Collection A

CAPABLE OFFICE STAFFBookkeeping Department, National Benefit Association, Washington, D. C.

ENTERPRISING BUSINESS MENThe Executive Committee of the “National Negro Business League.” The purpose of this league is to bring the business men together for mutual cooperation and trade advancement.

MONOTYPE OPERATORSModern typesetting machines. A. M. Sunday School Publishing House. Nashville, Tenn.

MEN OF FINANCE—BANKERSMembers of The National Bankers’ Association. The men who control trust funds and provide means for business and agricultural expansion.

PRIVATE LIBRARY OF A PROSPEROUS HOMERefinement and culture is here shown in the home of Chas. Banks, Mound Bayou, Miss.

SUCCESSFUL IN LAW PRACTICEA prominent lawyer presenting his case to Judge R. H. Terrell, who is a colored Judge of a Municipal Court in Washington, D. C.

STENOGRAPHY IN A WELL EQUIPPED OFFICEThe type-written letter in business correspondence is almost a necessity, hence the great demand for intelligent and experienced stenographers.

BUSINESS ACHIEVEMENTVandehorst’s Shoe Store, Jacksonville, Fla. Evidence of the opportunity for success in the shoe business.

THE REWARD OF THRIFT AND ENERGYThe palatial residence of J. F. Herndon, a prosperous Colored citizen of Atlanta, Ga.

AN ELEGANT AND WELL-APPOINTED LIBRARYAn interior view in the home of a noted physician, Doctor George Cabaniss, Washington, D. C.

LUXURY AND COMFORTAn elegantly appointed Barber Shop owned and patronized exclusively by Colored citizens. Birmingham, Alabama.

AN UP-TO-DATE STOREAn example of Mercantile Success, showing possibility and prosperity. Owned and 

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