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Hank Aaron at Bat

Date: 04 01 1955
Description: Henry "Hank" Aaron at bat during a Milwaukee Braves pre-season game.
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Cotton Market

Date: 02 09 1915
Description: A group of wagons filled with cotton bales in the street at market.
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Man Driving Wagon with Team of Mules

Date: 02 19 1915
Description: A man is driving a team of mules pulling a wagon down a commercial street.
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Richard Arrington, Jr.

Date: 10 1991
Description: Richard Arrington, Jr. (at the microphone), the first black to be elected mayor of Birmingham, speaks to a re-election rally. Among the supporters applaud...
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Strike Surveillence

Date: 08 1958
Description: Photograph taken by a member of striking UPWA (United Packinghouse Workers of America) Local 680 of a strike against the R.L. Zeigler Company. It shows the...
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Birmingham Movement Leaders

Date: 04 1962
Description: Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth, (in bow tie) and Rev. J.S. Phifer, congratulate each other after their release from jail. The two men had been imprisoned together...
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Baled Cotton Stored in Middle of Street

Date: 02 23 1915
Description: Bales of cotton stored in the middle of a damp dirt road. Houses or storefronts are on both sides of the road in the background.
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Campaign Meeting

Date: 03 13 1915
Description: Judge Chamberlain standing near a visual aid which reads: "Agricultural Lecture Charts; Diversified Farming for Alabama," while presenting to a group of me...
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Produce Farming Lecture

Date: 1915
Description: Men stand around or sit on the steps of a stone building to listen as A.E. Chamberlain delivers a lesson on the benefits of vegetable production. Chamberla...
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Agricultural Presentation by J.E. Hite

Date: 03 02 1915
Description: A group of men, women, and children leaving an agricultural presentation by J.E. Hite at Haile's store. Hite, dressed in a hat and overcoat, is loading a r...
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Field of Alfalfa at IH Demonstration Farm

Date: 05 1931
Description: Two men work in a field, and another man drives a team of horses pulling a hay rake. Original caption reads: "Demonstration farms. Alfalfa, with and withou...
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Crowd with Horse

Date: 1920
Description: A man and boy holding the reins of a horse while a group of men and boys are looking on. Commercial buildings are in the background.
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Men at Artesian Well

Date: 1920
Description: A man is standing in the road next to an automobile at an artesian well, while two men are standing on the right in front of a wooden fence. Water flows fr...
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Courtland Hotel Interior

Date: 1915
Description: Interior view down a hallway at the Courtland Hotel. The walls are covered with peeling wallpaper and the floor is made of patterned tile. The hotel was us...
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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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IH Birmingham Branch House

Date: 1925
Description: External view of International Harvester Company's Birmingham branch building, located at the intersection of 10th Avenue and 24th Street. A railroad car ...
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Pyramid of Canned Goods

Date: 02 15 1915
Description: A pyramid of stacked canned goods at an Alabama store. Original caption reads: "The people of Alabama are artistically inclined as evidenced by the car loa...
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Apple Orchard an Swedish Settlement

Date: 05 10 1902
Description: Elevated view across a field and apple orchard towards a Swedish settlement, with several homes and buildings along a road.
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African American Settlement

Date: 05 14 1902
Description: View of road along an African American settlement. A road is leading up to several houses on the left and a fenced-in field on the right. Two horse-drawn c...
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African American Town

Date: 05 13 1902
Description: View across road towards an African American town. A fenced-in orchard runs along the left side of the road. Several houses with fenced yards are on a hill...

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