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| Date: | 1942 |
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| Description: | Mechanics work on tractors and a truck in the service shop of an International Harvester dealership. Advertising banners hang from the ceiling and in the b... |
| Date: | 1942 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the storefront of an International Harvester dealership with a truck parked in front. On the left is a chain-link fence, with a sign in th... |
| Date: | 1942 |
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| Description: | Mechanics work near a Farmall Tractor in the service shop of an International Harvester dealership. A sign on the back wall near the windows reads: "We Do ... |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | Erected in June 1909, H.H. Kitson's sculpture commemorates Confederate Lieutenant General Stephen Dill Lee and is located in the Vicksburg National Militar... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Railroad redoubt seen from the north showing the slope where General Grant's column charged on May 22, 1863, during the siege of Vicksburg. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | The famous "Shirley House" or "White House," stands near the Jackson Road, which was between the Union and Confederate entrenchments during the siege of Vi... |
| Date: | 1902 |
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| Description: | Cave in a hillside occupied by the Lewis family from May 18 to July 4, 1863, during the Civil War siege of Vicksburg. Hundreds of other caves in the vicin... |
| Date: | 1902 |
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| Description: | Confederate "Fort Hill" on the south side of Jackson Road where the Confederate entrenchments run southward. The Siege of Vicksburg lasted from May to July... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Surrender Monument, where Generals Grant and Pemberton met to arrange terms for the surrender of Vicksburg, July 3, 1863. General Pemberton surrendered 31,... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | View across street toward the headquarters. Caption reads: "General Grant's headquarters during the summer & fall of 1862 before the Battle of Corinth." |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | Color postcard view of house with trees and yard on a hill. Caption reads: "Grant's Headquarters, Vicksburg, Miss." |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | The main lobby in the Carroll Hotel, named for Capt. E.C. Carroll. People are sitting and standing in the lobby which has tall ceilings, columns, and chair... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | The ladies lobby at the Carroll Hotel, named for Capt. E.C. Carroll, filled with tables, chairs, and plants. The Carroll Hotel was razed in the 1960s to ma... |
| Date: | 05 01 1928 |
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| Description: | Young African-American man sitting on a P&O planter pulled by mules on the plantation of Mrs. William H. Stovall. |
| Date: | 12 03 1915 |
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| Description: | J.M. Browning and Mr. Powell, wearing hats, suits, and ties, each holding a turkey while standing on a dirt road. Several individuals are in the background... |
| Date: | 11 30 1915 |
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| Description: | Livestock stable or shelter, and silo. Original caption reads: "85 ton silo on E.E. Temple Farm... The only silo in LaFayette Co. Mr. Temple raises conside... |
| Date: | 03 18 1915 |
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| Description: | View of an abandoned cotton field along the side of a dirt road. A farmhouse and farm buildings are in the distance. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | View across water towards an outdoor baptism at McBrayer's Pond. A group of adults and children are gathered at the water's edge, some of them holding para... |
| Date: | 07 13 1914 |
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| Description: | Lula Tunisson using an El Flo hot water canner to give a presentation to the men, women, and children of a canning club. |
| Date: | 1914 |
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| Description: | Canned goods labeled "Grown in Mississippi" are stacked in pyramids in the window of W.B. Craft grocery and notion store. |
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