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 Airlee Ringgold's debutante guests in front of family home
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Airlee Ringgold's debutante guests in front of family home

"Pride Without Prejudice" - Debutante Cotillions of the The Improved Benevolent Protective Order of Elks of the World, 2024.
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"Pride Without Prejudice" - Debutante Cotillions of the The Improved Benevolent Protective Order of Elks of the World, 2024.

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"The Final Curtsy" - “Pride Without Prejudice” Debutante exhibit flier

1964 Debutante Cotillion group picture
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1964 Debutante Cotillion group picture

1984 Debutante newspaper announcement
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1984 Debutante newspaper announcement

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1985 Tri-State Debutante Group Dance

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1985 Tri-State Debutantes

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1985 Tri-State Debutantes - Escorts

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1987 Debutante Schree Potts

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1987 Debutante Schree Potts

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1987 Debutante Schree Potts dancing

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1987 Tri-State Debutante Cotillion Program

1990_Tri_State_Debutante_Cotillion_program.pdf
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1990 Tri-State Debutante Cotillion Program

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1999 Tri-State Debutante Cotillion program

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2008 Tri-State Debutante Cotillion Program

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2020 Deutante Cotillion presents Becoming - sponsored by Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Kappa Theta Omega Chapter ticket

25th_anniv_of_star_temple_1141_rock_hall_maryland_1986.pdf
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25th Anniversary of Star Temple #1141, Rock Hall, Maryland, 1986

Angela Jones Sampson and others dancing
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Angela Jones Sampson and others dancing

Angela Jones Sampson dancing with her father Herald Jones
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Angela Jones Sampson dancing with her father Herald Jones

Barmaid Anne Turner, Mr. Charlie Graves, and Rita Johnson
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Barmaid Anne Turner, Mr. Charlie Graves, and Rita Johnson

Bay City Lodge Collaring Ceremony program for the Improved Benevolent and Protective Order Elks of the World
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Bay City Lodge Collaring Ceremony program for the Improved Benevolent and Protective Order Elks of the World

Bethsheila Wilson Hunley debutante photograph
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Bethsheila Wilson Hunley debutante photograph

Certificate of Appreciation from Improved Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks of the World Lodge #1409 to Mary Jackson
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Certificate of Appreciation from Improved Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks of the World Lodge #1409 to Mary Jackson

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Certificate of Merit Given to Carolyn Brooks by the Star Temple Lodge #1141, 1962

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Charles "Charley Buck" Black, Jr. at Masonic Fish Fry

Charlie Graves at the original location of his Uptown Club.
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Charlie Graves at the original location of his Uptown Club.

Charlie Graves at the Uptown Club Bar, 1954
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Charlie Graves at the Uptown Club Bar, 1954

Charlie Graves behind bar at Uptown Club, prior to demolition day 1988
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Charlie Graves behind bar at Uptown Club, prior to demolition day 1988

Charlie Graves in Club, prior to demolition day 1988
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Charlie Graves in Club, prior to demolition day 1988

Charlie Graves in front of Uptown Club, Chestertown, Md. Circa 1956
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Charlie Graves in front of Uptown Club, Chestertown, Md. Circa 1956

Charlie Graves Uptown Club exterior on Calvert Street Chestertown MD
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Charlie Graves Uptown Club exterior on Calvert Street Chestertown MD

Charlie Graves' Uptown Club in Chestertown,MD.
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Charlie Graves' Uptown Club in Chestertown,MD.

Charlie Graves' Uptown Club's Front Corner Entrance to Cocktail Lounge, Corner of Calvert St and College Ave.
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Charlie Graves' Uptown Club's Front Corner Entrance to Cocktail Lounge, Corner of Calvert St and College Ave.

Charlie Graves, Henry DaMene, and Allison Munson, 1960
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Charlie Graves, Henry DaMene, and Allison Munson, 1960

Charlie Graves, owner, installing a sign in the Uptown Club.
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Charlie Graves, owner, installing a sign in the Uptown Club.

Cheryl Saunders' debutante photograph
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Cheryl Saunders' debutante photograph

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