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Description: | Portrait of Henry Mathews, 1866-1941, an early African American resident, holding the tools of his trade in front of a painted backdrop. He was a stone mas... |
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Description: | Seated portrait of Peter D. Thomas (1847-1925) of Racine. Thomas was an escaped slave who joined the 15th Wisconsin Regiment during its service in Tennesse... |
Date: | 10 29 1959 |
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Description: | Flyer for a rally "The Right To Vote" "The Fight To Vote" sponsored by the Federation of Negro Civil Service Organizations, Inc. Speakers include Jackie Ro... |
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Description: | Head and shoulder portrait of Daisy Bates, head of the Arkansas NAACP and a key figure in the Little Rock school desegregation crisis of September 1957. |
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Description: | Quarter-length portrait of L.C. Bates, editor and publisher of the the "Arkansas State Press," a crusading Little Rock newspaper and the husband of the Ark... |
Date: | 1920 |
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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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Description: | Full-length portrait of an African American Civil War soldier from Hughes and Meltzer, "A pictorial History of the Negro in America." |
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Description: | Two Black Civil War soldiers from Hughes and Metzer "Pictorial History of the Negro in America." |
Date: | 05 29 1974 |
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Description: | Original caption reads: "Bob Ross, president of Bob Ross Buick, Richmond, Indiana, is the first black International truck dealer in the United States. Twen... |
Date: | 1944 |
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Description: | Farm worker, Frank White, stops harvesting to pose with watermelon found among the cotton crop. The field, part of the O'Neill Ranch located in Helm, Calif... |
Date: | 01 13 1965 |
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Description: | Toddlers looking into the camera with tears in their eyes. They were found abandoned at the Central YWCA. |
Date: | 09 09 1943 |
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Description: | Chef Carson Gulley, UW residence hall chef, proudly displaying his spice collection. |
Date: | 10 05 1933 |
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Description: | Two Central High School football players. 4219B-1 is unknown. 4219B-2 is Ernie Mitchell, who is African American. |
Date: | 1958 |
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Description: | Wes Covington swinging his bat at the Milwaukee Brave's spring training camp. |
Date: | 08 13 1936 |
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Description: | African American factory worker in a ragged sweater standing outside International Harvester's Osborne Works (later Auburn Works). |
Date: | 08 23 1946 |
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Description: | Aunt Lily Richmond (b.1862), right, with Ollie Greene Lewis. |
Date: | 08 23 1946 |
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Description: | Aunt Lily Richmond sang African American spirituals for song collector Helene Stratman-Thomas. Richmond came to Grant County Wisconsin with her parents, fr... |
Date: | 03 18 1954 |
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Description: | Head and shoulders portrait of Milwaukee Braves outfielder Henry "Hank" Aaron in his baseball uniform. 1954 was Aaron's rookie season. |
Date: | 04 22 1963 |
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Description: | Head and shoulders portrait of Henry Aaron in a Milwaukee Braves uniform. |
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Description: | Outdoor portrait of Henry Aaron in a Milwaukee Braves uniform holding a baseball bat. |
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