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Family at Board Fence

Date: 1875
Description: Family posed at board fence of brick house. Two woman, one holding a parasol, are standing in front of the fence on the left near the gate. Two men are sta...
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Wiley Branton and Thurgood Marshall

Date: 1957
Description: Wiley Branton (left), the Little Rock NAACP attorney, and Thurgood Marshall, the special counsel of the NAACP, at the U.S. Court of Appeals hearing on the ...
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Baby Huey on Stage with Drummer

Date: 04 24 1970
Description: Chicago R&B singer Baby Huey standing barefoot on stage wearing an open green shirt on top of coveralls. A conga player, possibly Plato Jones, is visible o...
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Baby Huey on Stage with Band Members

Date: 04 24 1970
Description: Chicago R&B act Baby Huey mid-performance viewed from stage left. Members of the horn section and percussionists are visible in front of and behind Baby Hu...
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Baby Huey from the Audience

Date: 04 24 1970
Description: Chicago R&B act Baby Huey mid-performance viewed from the audience. The band was made up of a three man horn section, electric guitar, drums, congas, elect...
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Artist on Edge of Stage

Date: 04 25 1970
Description: Unidentified male African American artist, wearing a beret with two illegible buttons on it, kneels on the edge of the stage talking or singing into a hand...
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Artist on Edge of Stage

Date: 04 25 1970
Description: Unidentified African American male artist, wearing a beret with two illegible buttons on it, kneels on the edge of the stage talking or singing into a hand...
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Man Dancing on Stage

Date: 04 25 1970
Description: A man wearing a beret with two buttons on it dances across the stage. An audience member on the left is also dancing, and stagehands and photographers crow...
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Elderly Man Near Shed Door

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Description: A view of an elderly bearded African American man leaning out of a wooden door.
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Composite Views of a Georgia Ferry and a Chain Gang

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Description: Two views, one of a ferry and the other of a chain gang. The ferry operator poses with a man in his carriage on the ferry, with trees in the background. Th...
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Man Posing by Shoeshine Stand

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Description: An African American man wearing a hat, shirt, open vest, trousers, and boots, posing by a shoeshine stand in front of a commercial building.
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Three Men in a Shoeshine Shop

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Description: Two African American men working in a shoeshine shop. The younger man is shining the shoes of a white customer who is sitting in one of the chairs on the e...
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Construction Crew and Observers

Date: 1911
Description: Construction crew and observers standing on a scaffold. Trees, a wooden tripod with a block and tackle and the roof of a house are visible in the backgroun...
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Obama and Obey

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Description: Congressman David R. Obey and President Barack Obama in the Oval Office in the White House. The photograph is autographed for Obey: "Congratulations for 40...
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African American Man with Horse-Drawn Cart

Date: 10 01 1912
Description: An African American man dressed in work clothes, a long apron, and a hat is standing next to a cart drawn by two horses. The cart is loaded with goods and ...
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Walking to the Altar

Date: 09 30 1978
Description: Full-length group portrait of a bride and her mother and father walking towards the center aisle of the First Unitarian Society Meeting House as the ceremo...
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Family Poses for Group Portrait

Date: 09 30 1978
Description: Group portrait of some of the family of the bride at a wedding that took place at the First Unitarian Society Meeting House.
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Governor Lucey Signs the Equal Rights Amendment

Date: 1975
Description: Several men and women watch as Governor Patrick Lucey signs the Equal Rights Amendment. Lloyd A. Barbee (left), Marlin Schneider, two unidentified people, ...
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Santa and Two Friends

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Description: An African American Santa Claus has his arms around an African American man and woman in what appears to be a restaurant. There is wall paper and posters b...
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Vel and Dale Phillips

Date: 1956
Description: Vel Phillips sitting in an armchair, wearing a tan top with a light blue skirt. Dale is kneeling next to her, wearing eyeglasses. A television is in the co...

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