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Children and Adults Engaged in Yard Work

Date: 02 20 1915
Description: A woman and boy are using "sedge brush" brooms to sweep a dirt yard as two women — possibly social workers or Agricultural Extension employees — look on. A...
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Homeless Man

Date: 2003
Description: A homeless man holding a cardboard sign that reads "HOMELESS HUNGRY ANY Thing HELPS GOD BLESS" on Rose Street intersection.
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Sweeping the Yard

Date: 02 20 1915
Description: A woman and young boy sweep yard with "brush broom" while another woman with two children looks on. Two additional women, possibly Agricultural Extension e...
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Homeless Man on Church Steps

Date: 02 22 2012
Description: A homeless man is sitting on Saint Patrick's Catholic Church's steps as a woman on the sidewalk is walking past.
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Mississippi Student Perspective

Date: 1966
Description: View from behind of a man standing on railroad tracks surveying a row of dilapidated shanties. Used on the cover of brochure with the title, 'Mississippi 1...
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Percy Marmont in "The Street of Forgotten Men"

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Description: Easy-Money Charley, played by Percy Marmont, has a look of consternation on his face in a scene from the 1925 film "The Street of Forgotten Men". He wears ...
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Percy Marmont in "The Street of Forgotten Men"

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Description: Percy Marmont, as Easy-Money Charlie in the 1925 film "The Street of Forgotten Men", standing on the street with a tray of items and a sign reading: "I AM ...

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