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Automobile Stuck in Rural Road

Date: 12 07 1915
Description: Three employees of International Harvester's Agricultural Extension Department working to free a car stuck in a muddy rural road. The original caption read...
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Logging with International Truck

Date: 1947
Description: Three-quarter side view of a man driving an International KB-5 Pulpwood Special heavily loaded with logs through a wooded area. The truck was owned by John...
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Men Loading Logs onto Truck

Date: 1947
Description: Two men load logs from a clearing onto the bed of an International KB-5 Pulpwood Special truck owned by the Johnson-Manville Corporation. The truck had a 1...
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The Carroll Hotel

Date: 1910
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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The Carroll Hotel

Date: 1910
Description: The ladies lobby at the Carroll Hotel, named for Capt. E.C. Carroll, filled with tables, chairs, and plants. The Carroll Hotel was razed in the 1960s to ma...
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Abandoned Cotton Field

Date: 03 18 1915
Description: View of an abandoned cotton field along the side of a dirt road. A farmhouse and farm buildings are in the distance.
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Jefferson Davis on Porch of his Residence

Date: 1883
Description: Jefferson Davis sitting in a chair on the porch of his residence.
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Vicksburg Surrender Monument

Date: 04 1902
Description: Confederate veterans at the Vicksburg Surrender Monument, on the occasion of decorating Union soldiers' graves.
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Vicksburg National Cemetery

Date: 1900
Description: Grave markers at the Vicksburg National Cemetery.
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Judge Stone's Residence

Date: 11 30 1915
Description: The large, pillared residence of Judge Stone, with a long driveway curving from the left. A man is driving an automobile down the driveway.
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Freedom School Teacher and Students

Date: 1964
Description: Sandra Adickes (right), Freedom Summer volunteer teacher at Palmer's Crossing Freedom School. Students (left) are Rita Mae Crawford and Jimella Stokes.
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Frame 10: Rickety Houses on Muddy Street

Date: 1964
Description: Two homes along a dirt road with a small child on the front porch of the nearest house.
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Frame 20: People Lined Up At Courthouse and Cops

Date: 1964
Description: A line of predominantly African-American people likely outside of the Leflore County Courthouse, probably at a voter registration drive. Caucasian law enfo...
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Quin House

Date: 07 1965
Description: View of a home taken by a civil rights volunteer. "Mrs. Quin's home. The section to the right of the tree shows the new bedroom, rebuilt after it was b...
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Grave in a Segregated Cemetery

Date: 07 1965
Description: A grave in a segregated cemetery photographed by a civil rights volunteer, who notes that these grounds are cared for "without the benefit of the town's fu...
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Ernestine Bishop with Children

Date: 07 1965
Description: A woman and two children, photographed by a civil rights volunteer.

"Mrs. Ernestine Bishop, another most courageous freedom worker. Last summer she walk...

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Summit Fourth Sunday Church

Date: 07 1965
Description: A church building photographed by a civil rights volunteer.

"The 4th Sunday church of Summit. Rev. Ned Taylor, pastor. After church, Rev. Taylor invited ...

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Outhouse, Beekman Quarters

Date: 1966
Description: One of the 15 outdoor toilets in the Beekman Quarters neighborhood of Natchez, Mississippi. "'It's been full for two months. We still have to use it or wal...
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B. Shelly, Beekman Quarters

Date: 1966
Description: "B. Shelly indicates hydrants which is sole supply of water to two households, nine persons ages 84, 76, 63, 41, 26, 12, 11, 5, 3. Boards are necessary to ...
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Porches, Phelan's Quarters

Date: 1966
Description: Porches line a walkway. Two children and a man sitting on a bench are in the foreground, while a dog and a child are visible in the background.

“Row upon...

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