Color photograph of Onie B. Granville
date: label: Date
content: late 20th century
name: label: Photograph by
content: Unidentified
label: Subject of
content: Onie Burnett Granville, American, 1916 - 1998
label: Subject of
content: Bank of Finance, American, 1964 - 1981
notes: label: Caption
content: In 1964, Onie B. Granville founded the Bank of Finance, the first African American-owned and operated state chartered bank west of Kansas City. Granville, a long time real estate broker in Los Angeles, formed the institution with other prominent African American community leaders in Los Angeles: Los Angeles City Councilman and later mayor Tom Bradley, real estate broker Lorenzo Spencer, businessman Wilton A. Clark, and physicians Dr. Perry Beal and Dr. Edward Ballard. In the face of discriminatory housing and financial practices, the Bank of Finance played an important role in financing Black homeownership and businesses in the Los Angeles area until it was purchased by another bank in 1984.
label: Description
content: A color photograph portrait of Onie B. Granville standing on a bridge in front of a waterfall. Wearing a light blue button down shirt and matching pants, he stands with his right hand on his hip and his left hand resting on a wooden railing next to him. He wears a flat cap and gazes directly at the viewer. There are rocks, trees, and a waterfall behind him. There are no marks or inscriptions, front or back.
place: label: Place collected
content: Los Angeles, California, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: American West
label: Topic
content: Business
label: Topic
content: Finance
label: Topic
content: Men
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Photographs and Still Images
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Natalie Finney Mallard in memory of her Uncle Onie Burnett Granville
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2016.33.4
objectType: label: Type
content: chromogenic color prints
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Unknown - Restrictions Possible
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Rights assessment and proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: dye and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 3 9/16 × 4 7/8 in. (9 × 12.4 cm)