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Table III

SELECTED BLACK BUSINESS IN THE 1930s

1935

1939

Service  Business

Number

Retail Business

Number

Barber Shops

  6,821

Restaurant & Drinking

 12,610

Shoe Repair

  3,633

Groceries

 11,038

Tailor & Cleaners

  3,326

Automotive (Dealers, Garages, Fuel)

  1,314

Beauty Shops

  2,940

Drug Stores

     548

Funeral Homes

  1,458

Cigar Stores

     348

Blacksmith Shops

     750

Clothing & Shoe Stores

     333

Launderers

     315

Liquor Stores

     169

Hotel Keepers

     374

Florists

     128

 

 

Hardware Stores

       17

 

 

News Stands

       99

 

 

Furniture Stores

       65

 

 

Lumber Stores

       24

 

 

General Stores

     232

 

 

Banks

       12

 

 

Insurance Companies

       21