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Cotton Gin Building

Date: 12 15 1937
Description: Exterior view of the Wilmot Gin Company. Two men stand on a ramp in the open second-story door of the building. In the foreground is a platform loaded with...
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Siut-Me Gin Company

Date: 12 19 1937
Description: Exterior view of the cotton gin at Siut-Me Gin Company. Bales of cotton are piled on a platform in the foreground, and horse-drawn and tractor-drawn wagons...
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Rev. Wright at Emmett Till Murder Trial

Date: 09 1955
Description: Rev. Moses Wright and his son Simon outside the Sumner courthouse where two white men were on trial for the murder of 14 year-old Emmett Till (Wright's nep...
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Clarksdale IH Dealership

Date: 1942
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...
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Statue of General Stephen Dill Lee

Date: 1909
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...
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Street Scene

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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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Main Street Looking East

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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...
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Railroad Redoubt, Vicksburg

Date: 1900
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.
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Shirley House

Date: 1900
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...
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Cave Entrance in Vicksburg

Date: 1902
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...
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Surrender Monument

Date: 1910
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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Fort McPherson

Date: 1865
Description: View from a distance of Fort McPherson, built under the direction of Samuel Glyde Swain.
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Headquarters of S.G. Swain

Date: 1865
Description: Three men standing at entrance of residence used as headquarters when S.G. Swain, (on left), was in charge of fortifications at Fort McPherson. All three m...
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Headquarters of S.G. Swain

Date: 1865
Description: View from distance of residence used as headquarters when S.G. Swain was in charge of fortifications at Fort McPherson.
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Homewood

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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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Homewood

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Description: "Homewood," one of the largest mansions in the Natchez area, was built in 1855-1860.
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Gloucester

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Description: Gloucester, the home of Winthrop Sargent, Mississippi's first governor was built in 1800 by David Williams.
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Dunleith

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Description: Originally "Routhland," this residence burned to the ground in 1855, but was rebuilt in 1856 in the Greek revival style and renamed "Dunleith." Caption rea...
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Melrose

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Description: Melrose was a residence constructed between 1841 and 1848 in the classic Greek Revival style. George Kelly began the restoration of the home when he inheri...
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"Senator Cordill" Steamboat

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Description: View of the steamboat "Senator Cordill" in the Mississippi River near Port Gibson. The boat is carrying an excursion party, and some of the passengers are ...

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