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We Serve Colored, Carry Out Only

One sign dated May 5, 1931. Text says, "We Serve Colored Only, Carry Out Only." Printed by A.A. Signs.

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to New York City Mecca Temple

One letter from George M. Saunders, the Imperial Recorder, to New York City's Mecca Temple dated 1958. The letter concerns George E. Stringfellow's visit to the Mecca Temple on June 17th. He notes that Stringfellow will be there one day. He will be...

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Colored Seated in Rear

One sign dated August 1, 1929. Text says, "Colored Seated in Rear." Printed by B & B Sign Co.

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Colored Seated in Rear

One sign dated August 1, 1929. Text says, "Colored Seated in Rear." Printed by B & B Sign Co.

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Colored Must Sit in Balcony

One sign dated July 14, 1931. Text says, "Colored Must Sit in Balcony." Printed by Ace Sign Company. According to the text on item, it was likely hung in the Grand Theater in Birmingham, Alabama.

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Navy Releases Drawing of World's Largest Sub

One wirephoto released by Associated Press dated June 25, 1958. Shows a drawing of the world's largest submarine named the Triton. According to the embedded press release the Triton will displace 5,450 tons of water, is 447 feet long and has a beam...

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In Newport

One wirephoto released by United Press International dated August 29, 1958. Shows President Eisenhower waving his hat. According to the attached press release Eisenhower is at his summer White House on Fort Adams, Rhode Island. The back of the photo...

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Drinking Fountain, White, Colored

One sign dated July 14, 1931. Text says, "Drink Fountain, White, Colored." Image includes arrows where white and black people could drink water separately.

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Restrooms, White, Colored

One sign dated 1929. Text says, "Restrooms, White, Colored." Image includes arrows where white and black people could use bathrooms separately at L&N Railroad stations in Louisville, Kentucky.

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Taipei

One wirephoto released by United Press International dated August 29, 1958. Shows the Chinese Youth Combat Training Corps carrying flags followed by the Combat Girls Band. The embedded press release states "Latest developments on this Nationalist...

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Let Women Vote

One sign dated 1919. Text says, "Let Women Vote." Printed by the National Women Suffrage Association.

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National Guard Units March in Legion Parade

One wirephoto released by Associated Press dated September 1, 1958. Shows parade of military troops marching. According to the embedded press release the parade kicks off the annual American Legion national convention. The parade was expected to last...

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Caskets for Civil War Victims [Hungarian Civil-War]

One wirephoto released by Associated Press dated October 30, 1956. Shows two women looking at, and praying beside, a pile of five caskets. The attached press release reports that the women are residents of Magyarovar, a town in West Hungary, they are...

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Mother Nature Takes in Washing

One wirephoto released by Associated Press dated 1958. Shows a wash line hanging from a tree. The clothing dips into the water due to the Passaic River flooding over the banks.

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[Portrait of Rosa Parks]

One black and white portrait of Rosa Parks dated 1995.

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[Portrait of Rosa Parks giving fingerprints at police station]

One photograph of Rosa Parks dated February 22, 1956. Image is of Parks at police station being fingerprinted by Sheriff D.H. Lackey in Montgomery, Alabama.

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[Portrait of Rosa Parks giving fingerprints at police station]

One photograph of Rosa Parks dated February 22, 1956. Image is of Parks at police station being fingerprinted by Sheriff D.H. Lackey in Montgomery, Alabama.

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[Portrait of Rosa Parks giving fingerprints at police station]

One photograph of Rosa Parks dated February 22, 1956. Image is of Parks at police station being fingerprinted by Sheriff D.H. Lackey in Montgomery, Alabama.

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Engraving of Hannah More

An engraving of Hannah More based on the painting by H.W.Pickersgill, R.A.. More is seated holding glasses. Accompanied by JB00001 and JB00003.

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A Mandingo

A colored engraving of a Mandingo tribesman in traditional clothing. This engraving is mounted in a matte for framing.

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Engraving of William Wilberforce

A portrait engraving of William Wilberforce based on the painting by Russel R.A.. The engraving is mounted in a matte for framing.

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The Liberator. [Vol. 31 no. 14. (April 5, 1861)]

An issue of The Liberator from April 5 1861. This issue includes articles titled, A Wife's Account of her Husband's Murder (A Northern man living in the South killed for supposedly aiding a slave) Southern Ruffianism Toward Northern Citizens, and The...

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The Liberator. [Vol. 31 no. 8. (February 22, 1861)]

A issue of the Liberator from February 22 1861. This issue includes articles titled Slavery Triumphant, Beecher on times, and Protest of Colored Citizens.

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The Liberator. [Vol. 31 no. 7. (February 15, 1861)]

A issue of the liberator from February 15 1861. This issue includes articled titled An Abolition Meeting Broken Up by a Mob, No Union with Slave Holder, The Anti-Slavery Struggle.

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National Anti-Slavery Standard. [Vol. 19, no.15 (August 28, 1858)]

This issue of the National Anti-Slavery Standard from August 28, 1858, features a poem "Peace in God" by Harriet Beecher Stowe

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