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Cotton Gin Exterior

Date: 12 15 1937
Description: Exterior view of a cotton gin owned by O.L. Gormon. A man stands on a balcony under the overhang of the building at the top of a flight of steps. Another m...
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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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Long Short Cotton Gin

Date: 12 15 1937
Description: Workers tend machines inside the Long Short Gin. The machinery was powered by an International PD-80 power unit.
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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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Cotton Gin Interior

Date: 12 15 1937
Description: Workers operate machinery powered by an International PD-80 power unit at Siut-Me Gin Company.
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Emmett Till Defendant

Date: 09 19 1955
Description: Roy Bryant, one of the two men charged with the murder of Emmett Till who had allegedly whistled at Bryant's wife, Carolyn. She sits at Bryant's right, and...
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Emmett Till Trial

Date: 09 19 1955
Description: Roy Bryant, and his half-brother J.W. Milam, (left to right) with their attorney on the opening day of their trial for the murder of Emmett Till. The 14-ye...
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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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Emmett Till Trial Witness

Date: 09 22 1955
Description: Willie Reed, an 18-year-old "surprise" witness who bravely testified during the murder trial of 14-year-old Emmett Till, correctly identifying the white de...
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Emmett Till Audience

Date: 08 1955
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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Clarksdale IH Dealership

Date: 1942
Description: Two men at a parts counter in an International Harvester dealership. There is a water cooler, advertising poster, hammer mill and parts bins in the store. ...
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Clarksdale IH Dealership

Date: 1942
Description: Mechanics work on tractors and a truck in the service shop of an International Harvester dealership. Advertising banners hang from the ceiling and in the b...
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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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Clarksdale IH Dealership Tool Room

Date: 1942
Description: Mechanics work near a Farmall Tractor in the service shop of an International Harvester dealership. A sign on the back wall near the windows reads: "We Do ...
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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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Siege of Vicksburg

Date: 1864
Description: "Siege of Vicksburg." An etching published by Johnson, Fry & Company from a painting by Chappel of the Union lines during the battle.
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Interior of a Vicksburg Casemate During the Siege

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Description: An etching of a Southern woman praying in a Vicksburg casement during the siege. Copied from "Confederate War Etchings" by A. Volck.
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McPherson's Corps in the Afternoon's Assault

Date: 1880
Description: "McPherson's Corps in the Afternoon's Assault." A scene from a panoramic painting of Grant's assault on Vicksburg.

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