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Two Men with Guitar

Date: 1920
Description: Two men posing for a studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop. James Gorman, standing, has a pipe in his mouth; the seated man holding a guitar is un...
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Portrait of a Child

Date: 1900
Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of an African American child (probably a girl) wearing a white dress. Text written on the back of the photog...
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Smelter Workers

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Description: Smelter Workers posing, singing together at Highlander Folk School. A woman holding a camera is taking a picture of them.
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Daisy Bates at a Book Promotion

Date: 1962
Description: Daisy Bates speaking with unidentified man wearing eyeglasses. Copies of her memoir "The Long Shadow of Little Rock", and plaques from the NAACP for the ni...
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Children Viewing Stereographs

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Description: Group of children at the Cherry Street branch of the Evansville Public Library using steropticons to view stereograph images. Bookshelves line the back wal...
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Scrap Portrait of a Young Man

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Description: Studio portrait of a three-quarter length view of an African American youth wearing a three-piece suit and a tie, in front of a painted backdrop. The image...
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Woman Posing with Dog

Date: 1888
Description: Woman in a long dress wearing a glove and holding a book [?] in her hand posing before a painted backdrop. There is a small white dog seated on a fur rug a...
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Jesse Jackson at ACORN Event

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Description: Jesse Jackson stands beneath an ACORN banner as he is photographed by a crowd of people.
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African American Man Standing Next to Young Girl on Pony

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Description: Cabinet card of an African American man, wearing a formal suit, standing next to a young girl mounted side saddle on a pony. She is reading a book and has ...
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Shard and Sherman Waldon

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Description: Studio portrait of Shard and Sherman Waldon, twin brothers from the Cheyenne Valley settlement.
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Strawberry Picking in Alabama

Date: 05 09 1902
Description: Outdoor group portrait of chidren and adults, standing in the strawberry field of Paul C. Goetsch after picking strawberries. Four people are holding crate...
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Barber Shop Scene

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Description: Interior view of a barber shop. Two men are standing while shaving and cutting the hair of two men posing sitting in barber's chairs. The man standing on t...
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Vel Phillips and News Media

Date: 04 14 1967
Description: Vel Phillips is on a podium wearing a dress. To the left are two members of the media holding recording equipment who are documenting the N Lindsay Street ...
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Angela R. Davis

Date: 06 13 2015
Description: Modern tintype, full length, formal portrait, of Angela R. Davis, Development Officer, Wisconsin Historical Foundation. She is seated in a chair with her a...
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Lewis Arms Later in Life

Date: 05 1999
Description: Lewis Arms at the age of about 81 in Park Street Shoe Repair at 609 South Park Street. Arms is wearing a blue shirt with eyeglasses in the pocket. There is...

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