Skip to Content
About
Chesapeake Heartland
Staff & Partners
Internships & Fellowships
Events
Heartland Blog
Digital Archive
Browse Digital Archive
Featured Collections
ISAAC
Hip Hop Time Capsule
Projects
African American Signage and Visualization Project
Worton Point Schoolhouse
Get On The Bus
Get On The Bus Film
Georgetown Documentary
Ebony & Ivory Towers
Jason Patterson Exhibit
The Commodore Collection
KCA/CH Artist Fellowship
Humanities Truck
Educational Resources
Resource Introduction
African American Experience in Colonial America
African American Experience in the Antebellum Period
African American Experience in the Reconstruction Era
African American Experience in the 20th Century
African American Contributions to American Culture
African American Contributions to American Culture 2
Open Menu
Close Menu
About
Chesapeake Heartland
Staff & Partners
Internships & Fellowships
Blog
Events
Digital Archive
Browse Digital Archive
Featured Collections
Projects
Jason Patterson Exhibit
Ebony & Ivory Towers
Humanities Truck
The Commodore Collection
Open Menu
Close Menu
Folder:
About
Folder:
Digital Archive
ISAAC
Hip Hop Time Capsule
Folder:
Projects
Humanities Truck
Folder:
Educational Resources
Back
Chesapeake Heartland
Staff & Partners
Internships & Fellowships
Events
Heartland Blog
Back
Browse Digital Archive
Featured Collections
Back
African American Signage and Visualization Project
Worton Point Schoolhouse
Get On The Bus
Get On The Bus Film
Georgetown Documentary
Ebony & Ivory Towers
Jason Patterson Exhibit
The Commodore Collection
KCA/CH Artist Fellowship
User Options
Toggle navigation
Chesapeake Heartland Digital Archive
Login
Register
Login
Register
Explore
Browse
Objects
Oral Histories
People & Organizations
Featured Collections
Clear All Filters
60 Object Results
Add all results to lightbox
Select results to add to lightbox
Sort by:
Identifier
Title
Date
Sort order:
Ascending
Descending
Clear All Filters
Download results as:
Checklist
PDF (thumbnails)
Add selected results to lightbox
Keywords:
Black Families
decade:
1950s
CH_CA_2021_SC_029_082
Brian Graves and Margo Murray (cousin to Monica Graves) standing in front of the Uptown Club.
CH_CA_2021_SC_ 029_009
Loved Ones of Charlie Graves at a Night Out, Eloise Johnson, Robert “Pick” Robinson, Margaret Robinson, and Hilda Graves, circa 1959.
CH_CA_2020_SC_013_002
Sam Ringgold Jr. born with a tooth
CH_CA_2023_SC_110_114
LaMonte Cooke in High School Science Class, 1968
CH_CA_2021_SC_ 029_010
Inside Charlie Graves Uptown Club in Chestertown, MD, 1958
CH_CA_2020_SC_021_045
Ringgold family living room
CH_CA_2021_SC_ 029_008
Hilda Graves, circa 1958
CH_CA_2021_SC_ 029_013
Son of Charlie Graves, Charles Waters at age 10, Christmas circa 1957
CH_CA_2020_SC_010_016
Outbuildings of Old Home Place for Ringgolds
CH_CA_2021_SC_ 029_003
View to entrance of Charlie Graves Uptown Club Restaurant and Bar, Circa 1956
CH_CA_2021_SC_ 029_004
Front view of entrance to Charlie Graves dance hall and bar, Circa 1956
CH_CA_2021_SC_ 029_005
Charlie Graves in office of Uptown Club, circa 1954
CH_CA_2021_SC_ 029_007
Family and friends of Charlie Graves, Bonita Prather, Margo Murray, and Hilda Graves, circa 1956
CH_CA_2023_SC_110_087
LaMonte Cooke's 5th Birthday Party
CH_CA_2020_SC_021_048
Airlee Ringgold third grade school portrait
CH_CA_2020_SC_021_047
Muriel Lucretia Ringgold Thomas
CH_CA_2020_SC_010_038
Certificate of marriage between Robert S. Briscoe and Ruth E. Ringgold
CH_CA_2020_SC_028_014
Valerie B. Anderson Garnet Elementary School picture
CH_CA_2023_SC_110_113
Dr. Padgett, William Hargreaves, Mrs. Hargreaves, Mom Gladys Cooke, Rev. Clyde Davis, and young LaMonte Cooke at his Baptism, 1955
CH_CA_2021_SC_ 029_011
Charlie Graves and wife Hilda Graves, circa 1954
CH_CA_2021_SC_ 029_014
Residence of Charlie Graves 100 Prospect St. Chestertown, MD 1954-1963
CH_CA_2020_SC_021_034
Fun in the water at Sparrow's Point
CH_CA_2021_SC_ 029_018
Family Hanging Out in the Kitchen, August 1953
CH_CA_2020_SC_021_033
Emma Hutchins, Gertrude Manuel, and Muriel Ringgold at Sparrow's Beach, 1953
CH_CA_2020_SC_021_032
Essie Nickerson, Emma Hutchins, Gertrude Manuel, and Sam Ringgold at Sparrow's Beach, 1953
CH_CA_2020_SC_021_031
Emma Hutchins and Gertrude Manuel at Sparrow's Beach, 1953
CH_CA_2020_SC_021_030
Essie Nickerson, Emma Hutchins, and Eleanor Ringgold at Sparrow's Beach, 1953
CH_CA_2020_SC_021_029
Jimmy Manuel and Sam Ringgold at Sparrow's Beach, 1953
CH_CA_2020_SC_021_028
Jimmy Manuel and Sam Ringgold posing with cars at Sparrow's Beach
CH_CA_2020_SC_021_025
Gertrude Manuel and Sam Ringgold at Sparrow's Beach, 1953
CH_CA_2020_SC_021_024
Ringgold family swimming at the beach, 1953
CH_CA_2020_SC_021_027
Airlee and Muriel Ringgold going swimming
CH_CA_2021_SC_012_014
James Manuel and Gertrude Hutchins Manuel on their wedding day.
CH_CA_2023_SC_110_084
LaMonte Cooke as a Baby, 1951
CH_CA_2020_SC_010_002
William Ringgold in military uniform
CH_CA_2020_SC_028_050
Luther Hamilton in a suit
Next 36
Filter by
type
Documents (4)
Still Images (56)
Category
Community Archive (59)
Institutional Collection (1)
Original Object Format
black-and-white photographs (17)
color photographs (2)
documents (object genre) (1)
marriage certificates (1)
newspaper clippings (2)
original photographs (35)
Keywords
African American Children (16)
African American Vacation Destinations (12)
Black Communities (3)
Black Communities - Big Woods (1)
Black Communities - Worton (1)
Black Cultural Assets (2)
Black Families (60)
Black Families - Anderson (2)
Black Families - Cooke (6)
Black Families - Graves (12)
Black Families - Hamilton (5)
Black Families - Hutchins of Caroline County (3)
Black Families - Jones (2)
Black Families - Ringgolds (29)
Black Studies - Education (1)
Calvert Street (2)
Caroline County, Maryland (1)
Carr's Beach (1)
Christmas and Holiday gatherings and celebrations (2)
Domestic Workers (1)
Entrepreneurs (3)
Family picnics and gatherings (3)
Korean War Military Service personnel (4)
Military Service - 1940 - 2024 (5)
One-Room Schoolhouses (1)
Schools (4)
Segregated schools (1)
Slice of life - African Americans (10)
Sparrow's Beach (12)
The Chittlin Circuit (1)
The Lives and Families of Chesapeake Heartland Oral History Initiative (23)
Uptown Club (Charlie Graves' Uptown Club) (5)
Weddings (1)
and 26 more
year
1950 (23)
1951 (7)
1952 (7)
1953 (17)
1954 (7)
1955 (9)
1956 (14)
1957 (7)
1958 (10)
1959 (9)
and 3 more
Partnering Organization
Caroline County Arts Council - Lockerman Schools Association, Inc. (1)
Starr Center for the Study of the American Experience at Washington College (60)
