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John Elbert Wilson, Sr. as a young man, circa early 1950s
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Students Enjoying the May Day Celebration, Camp Tockwogh, 1958
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Garnet High School Students During May Day Celebration, 1958
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Photo of May Day Celebration King and Queen Annetta Jeffers and Edward Tiller, Camp Tockwogh, 1958
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Dorothy W. Brooks' Uncle Norris Wilson Working on a Farm, 1951/1952.
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Photos of Rural Route 1 (now Clark Rd.) in Coleman, MD After Flood Damage, 1959
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Dorothy and John Brooks' Home in Coleman, MD
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Dorothy and John Brooks' Home in Coleman, MD, 1958
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Photo of George and Grace Brooks with their Youngest Child, Joanne
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Dorothy Brooks Dressed Up for Mother's Day Dinner
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Margaret Wilson Dressed Up for Mother's Day Dinner
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School Photograph of Carolyn G. Brooks
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Young Ruth Jones and Alvin Tinch with Others Playing Baseball at Vacation Bible School at United Methodist Church in Coleman, MD, June 1957
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Group of Children and Teachers at Vacation Bible School at Coleman, MD's United Methodist Church, June 1957: Ronald Phillips, Claudine Demby, Doretha Phillips, Nadine Brown, Shirley Wilson, Edward Wilson, James Phillips, Erma Jones, Mrs. Esther Steward and Mrs. Emmaline Walley.
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Vacation Bible School at Coleman's United Methodist Church in Coleman, MD, 1957
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Youth at Vacation Bible School, Blanche Demby, Norris Wilson, Sheldon Phillips, William Jones, Ellsworth Brooks, Ruth Jones, and Faye Jones, June 1957
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Carolyn Brooks on her Brother Elzie's Bike, April, 1957
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Carolyn and Ellsworth Brooks with their Paternal Cousins, 1958-1959
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John R. Brooks Posing with a Classmate on a Class Trip, circa 1958-1960.
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John R. "Chucky" Brooks Getting Ready for a Track Meet
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Photograph of John Brooks
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Photograph of Merle Brooks
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Group of young men at the Annual State New Farmers of America Rally
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Shirley Jones' Family Members- Debbie, Mommom Ruth, and Troy, in the 1950s
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Photograph of Family Members of Shirley Jones in the 1950s
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Irene Wilson Moore as a Teenager
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Unknown Family Soldier in Uniform
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Grandmother Harriet Hynson
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Mable Mary Strother as Young Woman
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Mabel Mary Hynson Tibbs Strother
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Grandmother Harriett Hynson
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LaMonte Cooke in High School Science Class, 1968
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Dr. Padgett, William Hargreaves, Mrs. Hargreaves, Mom Gladys Cooke, Rev. Clyde Davis, and young LaMonte Cooke at his Baptism, 1955
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Dr. Edwin Shirley and nurses vaccinate patient Liberty City, FL
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LaMonte Cooke's 5th Birthday Party
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LaMonte Cooke as a Baby, 1951
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