Date: | 1982 |
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Description: | Victory celebration for Eddie Carthan, the black activist mayor of Tchula, Mississippi. Carthan was convicted on charges of robbery and murder in 1981. Thi... |
Date: | 08 1955 |
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Description: | A group of African Americans in the courtroom at the Emmett Till murder trial. The 14-year-old Till, who was visiting Mississippi from Chicago, was murdere... |
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Description: | Signs read: "King Hardware and Lumber" "Mayors office" "W.N. Parks" "Fish Bros. Wagon Co." and "Coca-Cola." Caption reads: "Street Scene In New Albany, Mis... |
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Description: | View down Main Street looking east. Signs read: "King Hardware and Lumber" "Fish Bros. Wagon Co." "W.N. Parks" "Mayors Office" and "Coca-Cola." Caption rea... |
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: | 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,... |
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Description: | "Homewood," with its four Ionic columns in front, was built in 1855-1860 and owned by David Hunt. People are posing on the stairs at the entrance. Caption ... |
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Description: | View of a shipyard with tracks for timber wagons. Several men are both on shore, and some men are on boats. One of the boats near the docks reads: "Alberta... |
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Description: | A view of Church Street. Trees line both sides of the street, with telephone and/or electricity poles. The trees obscure the buildings to the left, and two... |
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... |
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Description: | View of the process of building a levee, including many horses and people. Caption reads: "Building the Levee near Port Gibson, Miss." |
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Description: | An unfinished architectural project at Carthage Building Stone Company, which was managed by J. P. Newell with Millard Bryan as superintendent. By 1914, lo... |
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Description: | A man stands next to the bales of cotton at the cotton compress. Caption reads: "Cotton Compress, New Albany, Miss." |
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Description: | Women in a high ceilinged room used for sampling cotton. The numerous tables are piled with raw cotton. Caption reads: "Cotton Sample Room, Port Gibson, Mi... |
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Description: | A page from a Greenville Mills employee brochure showing employees enjoying themselves playing baseball, playing at a family picnic, and smoking. |
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Description: | A large group of adults and children gather around a pond where a baptism is taking place, some standing on a bridge on the right. Several people stand in ... |
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Description: | Exterior view of Brierfield, a plantation bought by Jefferson Davis in 1835, after he fought in the Mexican War. After the Civil War he bought Beauvoir, a ... |
Date: | 1883 |
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Description: | Jefferson Davis sitting in a chair on the porch of his residence. |
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