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1.
Cotton gin in full blast, Florida

Creator:

Kilburn Brothers.

Date:

1879

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Lucille Hegamin wearing a sleeveless dress surrounded by men in suits playing drums, a tuba, a trombone, a trumpet, a violin, a saxophone and a piano

Creator:

Elcha (New York, N.Y.)

Date:

1921

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A group of actors and actress and African American musicians on stage

Date:

1922

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Aphonso Trent's Orchestra in Memphis, Tenn., 1932

Creator:

Jones-Purdyes Photographers.

Date:

1932

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Seven men dressed in suits, including J. Mercer Bursell and J. Finley Wilson, and an African American woman in a dress standing behind a table with paintings on the wall behind them

Date:

April 26, 1936

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Miss Augusta Savage with members of the Art Crafts Guild

Creator:

Berkley.

Date:

1940

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Billie Holiday in a dress performing at Famous Door Club in N.Y.C. with men and women seated at tables in the background

Date:

1941

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Billie Holiday performing with Babe Russin and Orchestra at Famous Door Club in New York with a man in a suit and a woman in a dress seated at a table in front of her

Date:

1941

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Five men and woman around Mr. Jackson's desk

Creator:

Ensminger Studio.

Date:

October 12, 1944

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Men, women, girls and boys at a confirmation with two robed men in front

Creator:

Lawson Foto.

Date:

1944

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Women and one man in school gym under sign that says Tuskegee Club of Philadelphia

Creator:

Peace Photo.

Date:

November 1946

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Class of June 1947 : Pennsylvania School of Nursing

Creator:

Penn Photo Studio

Date:

June 1947

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Men and women cooking and working behind the counter of Al's Luncheonette, and African American men and women eating at the counter

Date:

February 9, 1949

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Mercy-Douglass Hosptial staff in June 1949

Date:

June 1949

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Doctors and nurses performing surgery at Lincoln Hospital

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Smith.

Date:

May 5, 1952

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Miss Helen Colbert, Mr. Leslie Scott and Mr. Lawson Ambassador NSA to Greece at a reception in Athens Greece in 1955

Date:

1955

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Members of the Good Samaritan Club standing in front of cross

Date:

December 21, 1957

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Miss Willa Preston, Mr. and Mrs. Bhatta Charya, Mrs. E.S. Williams, and Rev. H.E. Walden speaking after the Wilburn Versatile Singers concert at the Grant Memorial A.M.E. Church, Chicago (Ill.)

Creator:

Williams, Milt.

Date:

May 25, 1959

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An African American woman in a dress wearing glasses reading from a piece of paper surrounded by a group of African American women in dresses, coats and hats and men in suits, overcoats and some with lodge hats

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unknown

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20.
African American woman playing a Slingerland drum set, with a man and amplifiers in the background

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unknown

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An African American woman wearing a dress, coat and glasses, carrying flowers, with a man in a suit, overcoat and lodge hat and an African American man walking down the aisle of a train compartment

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unknown

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Beulah Frazier, Philly Ed, Ad Reoden or Mark Hyme and other musicians playing in nightclub in Philadelphia, Pa.

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unknown

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Bobbni Caston in a dress holding a microphone separated from men and women seated at tables by a railing

Creator:

Kennedy, Mark.

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unknown

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Club Essex members around dining tables

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unknown

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Dr. Henry with family and friends on sidewalk

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unknown

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Earl Bostic and other men and women in front of a record shop

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unknown

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Family, consisting of a man, two women, and seven children, along with an African American woman, posing on the porch of a house

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unknown

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A group of actors and actresses in a nativity play

Creator:

Fred Harris Photographers.

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unknown

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A group of African Americans inside a bus, with a white male bus driver

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unknown

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A group of men and women all dressed up at a party with streamers on the ceiling

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unknown

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A group of men and women, in suits and dresses standing in a queue

Creator:

Harris, Martin.

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unknown

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A group of men in suits and an African American woman in a dress, including seven noted Philadelphia physicians, and A. Thomas 2nd row rom top and 3rd from right, standing on the steps of a brick building

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unknown

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A group of men in suits, coats and lodge hats and African American women in dresses and coats standing by a train on a platform

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unknown

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A group of men in suits, overcoats and lodge hats and women in dresses and coats standing on a train platform

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unknown

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35.
Group of men, including Arthur Riggs on crutches and J. Finley Wilson, in suits and women in dresses lining a street curb

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unknown

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36.
Group of men, women and children standing in front of a building, one holding a sign with a picture of Jesus Christ on it

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unknown

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37.
Group of people at banquet

Creator:

Mosely , John W.

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unknown

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38.
Group of women and two men wearing society fezzes

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unknown

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Group photo of three men in suits and six African American women in dance outfits

Creator:

Louis, Bob.

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unknown

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40.
Group shot of a society dressed up in crowns

Creator:

Smith's Photo Service.

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unknown

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Group shot of men and one woman at one end of table

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unknown

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Hazel Scott in a dress and a fur lined coat, Charles McClane and Congressman Adam Clayton in suits standing together in front of a door

Creator:

Peace Photo (Philadelphia, Pa.)

Date:

October 4, year unknown

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43.
Louise Beavers giving speech at awards ceremony

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unknown

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Lucinda Daniels with another man and woman, posing by a hand-railing

Creator:

Carroll, Newton.

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unknown

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A man dressed as a king with trimmed cloak, crown and scepter standing with an African American woman dressed as a queen with a dress, trimmed cloak and crown standing between a table and a wall

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unknown

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A man in a suit and overcoat handing a paper rolled up with a ribbon to an African American woman with other men and African American women standing by them on a train platform next to a train car

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unknown

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A man in suit, overcoat and lodge hat standing with three African American women in dresses and coats on a train platform next to a train car

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unknown

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Man standing next to a microphone, handing a gift to an African American woman standing next to a piano

Creator:

Sykes.

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unknown

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Man, women and a child next to open door and table

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unknown

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50.
Margaret ... and other women and children outside a negro school in Atlanta Georgia.

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unknown

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Men and a woman looking at a machine with a light attached to it

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unknown

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Men and women around a table full of drinks

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Louis, Bob.

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unknown

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Men and women around doorway holding an OIC paper

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unknown

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Men and women at an Elk Lodge service

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unknown

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Men and women in a room with candles

Creator:

Blakeley Photo.

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unknown

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Men performing a religious ceremony with an African American woman

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unknown

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Men wearing society fezzes and aprons in and around cars going down street

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unknown

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Men, women and children sitting on a porch, and a man with a horse

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unknown

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A Mt. Hebron Baptist Church banquet

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unknown

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Nine people standing in front of Hotel Douglas, with two automobiles in frame

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unknown

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Paradise Theater marquee

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unknown

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Ray Williams shaking hands with a man in a suit standing next to an African American woman in a dress and two African American men in suits

Creator:

Layne, Cecil.

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unknown

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Rev. James Cleveland and the Cleveland Singers

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unknown

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Sarah Vaughan and Nat King Cole Trio on guitar and piano with a man playing drums

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unknown

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Two African American women and five men, with two wearing glasses and one pointing to some papers that the woman is holding

Creator:

Alexak, Nicholas.

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unknown

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Two couples standing, leaning against, and sitting on the hood of a car with buildings and a wooden power pole in background

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unknown

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Two dressed up men and a women near a refrigerated dairy case

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unknown

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Two men and a woman displaying Luv Wine

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unknown

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Two men in suits, one with a hat and the other with glasses, standing with two women in dresses, hats and coats in front of an old fashioned car parked on a street

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unknown

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Two women and a man on wooden porch

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unknown

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Woman singing at a microphone with Babe Russin and his Orchestra playing behind her

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unknown

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WPA Theatre program, with an audience of men, women and children

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unknown

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A young African American woman wearing a dress and carrying a purse standing on the sidewalk by a brick building with a Drink Coca-Cola sign with a man in the background

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unknown

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