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Townspeople Assembled in front of One-Room Schoolhouse

Date: 02 15 1915
Description: Townspeople and a Ford automobile in front of a one-room schoolhouse in rural Alabama. The original caption reads: "This school house at Alpine, Ala., is a...
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African American Farmer on Farmall Cub Tractor

Date: 1947
Description: African American farmer pulling a trailer with a Farmall Cub tractor on McQueen Smith Farms. The trailer is loaded with large sacks, and a child is sitting...
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Former Slave Sitting on Porch

Date: 02 13 1915
Description: African-American man and woman on the front porch of a rural home. The unidentified woman is retrieving water from a well, and the man, J.R. Dean, is sitti...
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Ed Nixon

Date: 04 1962
Description: Civil rights leader Ed Nixon, and his wife, seated on the front porch of their home.
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IH Demonstration Farm at Montgomery

Date: 1925
Description: Front view of a farmhouse with rocking chairs on the front porch and trellises leaning against the railings. The house was part of an International Harvest...
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North Alabama Baptist Academy

Date: 1915
Description: View across yard of a group of African American students from the North Alabama Baptist Academy gathered on the building's front steps for an outdoor group...
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Gillespie Family at IH Demonstration Farm

Date: 06 1930
Description: Group portrait of Josh Gillespie sitting with his wife and children on the steps of a farmhouse. Gillespie was foreman at International Harvester's Montgom...
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Farmhouse at IH Demonstration Farm

Date: 1930
Description: Exterior view of a farmhouse on an International Harvester demonstration farm. Two swings are hanging from the ceiling on the front porch of the house.
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Young Woman Sweeping Steps

Date: 02 1915
Description: Young African American woman sweeping front steps of a residence. Original caption reads: "the 'sedge brush' broom is used a great deal for light sweeping ...
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Colonial Hotel

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Description: View of the Colonial Hotel as seen from across Lake Jackson. In the foreground, a woman and a boy stand next to a wooden dwelling over the water, bordered ...
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Convict Laborers

Date: 1915
Description: A group of convict laborers are wearing striped jumpsuits as they work to construct a road. Railroad tracks run through the foreground and people are stand...
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The Forks of Cypress

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Description: Exterior frontal view of The Forks of Cypress, a Greek Revival style plantation designed by architect William Nichols and completed in 1830. The main resi...
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Woman Spinning

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Description: A woman uses a spinning wheel outdoors while a barefoot girl stands on a porch behind her. Published by Jos. Milner & Son.
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Fenced-In Farmhouse

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Description: Farmhouse with a porch in front and farm buildings in the back. Thee is a fence around the farmhouse yard. Original caption reads: "Seven room house of S. ...
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Judge Slaughter's Home

Date: 03 10 1915
Description: View from a field of Judge Slaughter's house. The house is surrounded by a white picket fence. On the balcony, there is a large group of people.
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Dauphin Island

Date: 1920
Description: A car is parked in front of "The Olive Dining Room." Several men sit or stand on the porch steps. There is a Coca-Cola sign on a small building in the back...
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Alabama Home

Date: 05 1902
Description: Alexander Krueger and E.S. Goetsch visiting a home in Shelby County, Alabama. The family, two women, two children, and a baby, are posing in front of the h...
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Two Boys Playing in front of House

Date: 05 1902
Description: Two young boys are playing in the grass in front of a house. Over the porch railings clothes are hanging to dry.
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Home in Shelby County

Date: 05 1902
Description: Home of Mr. Dake in Shelby County. There are two porches, one on the left and one on the right. Several trees are in the fenced-in front yard.
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Old Home in Alabama

Date: 05 1902
Description: View from a horse-drawn vehicle of an old home that was built prior to the Civil War. A picket fence surrounds the house. There is a full-length porch on t...

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