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The Progressive Club
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View across road of the Progressive Club with an advertisement for Burger Beer on the sign on the tree in front near the road. On the far left is a sign for Sinclair H-C Gasoline on a pole in front of the gas pumps. In Johns Island and run by Esau Jenkins. A person is standing in the open doorway at the front entrance.
Berman, Ida, 1911-2009
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Bernice Robinson, Esau Jenkins, and Lewis Sinclair
Bernice Robinson, Esau Jenkins, and Lewis Sinclair listening to an audio recording at Highlander Folk School.
Esau Jenkins
Esau Jenkins, whose request for help registering citizens on Johns Island provided the basis for the citizenship school program at Highlander Folk School, and who later became a board member at the...
Bellinger's Grocery Storefront
A man and woman standing in front of Bellinger's Grocery store and gas station.
Club Chanticleer
May 29, 1935
Club Chanticleer, exterior view across road from the south, with a Heileman's Old Style Lager beer sign suspended from posts on the lawn in front. The sign on the top of the building includes the s...
Milwaukee Road Service Club
February 6, 1948
Milwaukee Road Service Club, with four men on stage with a banner along the front that reads: "Milwaukee Road Service Club." VFW Hall, 113-115 E. Mifflin Street.
Landscaping at Gas Station
August 1930
View from road of the landscaping in front of a Texaco gas station located on 83rd and Stoney Island.
