CAPABLE OFFICE STAFF

Bookkeeping Department, National Benefit Association, Washington, D. C.

ENTERPRISING BUSINESS MEN

The 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 OPERATORS

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

MEN OF FINANCE—BANKERS

Members of The National Bankers’ Association. The men who control trust funds and provide means for business and agricultural expansion.

PRIVATE LIBRARY OF A PROSPEROUS HOME

Refinement and culture is here shown in the home of Chas. Banks, Mound Bayou, Miss.

SUCCESSFUL IN LAW PRACTICE

A 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 OFFICE

The type-written letter in business correspondence is almost a necessity, hence the great demand for intelligent and experienced stenographers.

BUSINESS ACHIEVEMENT

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

THE REWARD OF THRIFT AND ENERGY

The palatial residence of J. F. Herndon, a prosperous Colored citizen of Atlanta, Ga.

AN ELEGANT AND WELL-APPOINTED LIBRARY

An interior view in the home of a noted physician, Doctor George Cabaniss, Washington, D. C.

LUXURY AND COMFORT

An elegantly appointed Barber Shop owned and patronized exclusively by Colored citizens. Birmingham, Alabama.

AN UP-TO-DATE STORE

An example of Mercantile Success, showing possibility and prosperity. Owned and operated by A. H. Underdown, Washington, D. C.

COMMERCIAL PROSPERITY

One of the largest Fish Markets in the South. Jacksonville, Fla.

REPRESENTATIVES OF THE OVERGROUND RAILROAD

Here are lined up in their uniforms some of the brightest Parlor Car porters of the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad.

THE COLORED MAN AS A PIONEER

The first house in Chicago was erected by a Negro.