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Ringgold Gazette Sam Ringgold Sr. biography
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Ringgold Gazette Sam Ringgold Sr. biography

Charlie Graves, owner of the Uptown Club
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Charlie Graves, owner of the Uptown Club

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Merle Brooks' Wife, Libby, Skiing in Garmisch, Germany

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Photo of Mr. Nealy Brown

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Photo of the Dirt Road in Front of the Brooks Family Home in Coleman, MD

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John Brooks' Garnet High School Graduation Program, 1932

George Nickerson and granddaughter
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George Nickerson and granddaughter

Mary Ringgold portrait
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Mary Ringgold portrait

Four men vacationing at Sparrow's Beach
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Four men vacationing at Sparrow's Beach

The Ringgold family swimming at Sparrow's Beach, 1953
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The Ringgold family swimming at Sparrow's Beach, 1953

Airlee and Muriel Ringgold
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Airlee and Muriel Ringgold

Ringgold sisters atop a car
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Ringgold sisters atop a car

Ringgold family holding hands
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Ringgold family holding hands

Ringgold family portrait
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Ringgold family portrait

Airlee Ringgold Johnson and Muriel Lucretia Ringgold Thomas
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Airlee Ringgold Johnson and Muriel Lucretia Ringgold Thomas

George and Essie Hutchins Nickerson, Emma Hutchins, and Airlee Ringgold Johnson
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George and Essie Hutchins Nickerson, Emma Hutchins, and Airlee Ringgold Johnson

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Dorothy W. Brooks' Uncle Norris Wilson Working on a Farm, 1951/1952.

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Carolyn Brooks' Safety Carfuliers Pledge Card, 1952

Airlee and Muriel Ringgold going swimming
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Airlee and Muriel Ringgold going swimming

Ringgold family swimming at the beach, 1953
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Ringgold family swimming at the beach, 1953

Gertrude Manuel and Sam Ringgold at Sparrow's Beach, 1953
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Gertrude Manuel and Sam Ringgold at Sparrow's Beach, 1953

Jimmy Manuel and Sam Ringgold posing with cars at Sparrow's Beach
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Jimmy Manuel and Sam Ringgold posing with cars at Sparrow's Beach

Jimmy Manuel and Sam Ringgold at Sparrow's Beach, 1953
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Jimmy Manuel and Sam Ringgold at Sparrow's Beach, 1953

Essie Nickerson, Emma Hutchins, and Eleanor Ringgold at Sparrow's Beach, 1953
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Essie Nickerson, Emma Hutchins, and Eleanor Ringgold at Sparrow's Beach, 1953

Emma Hutchins and Gertrude Manuel at Sparrow's Beach, 1953
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Emma Hutchins and Gertrude Manuel at Sparrow's Beach, 1953

Essie Nickerson, Emma Hutchins, Gertrude Manuel, and Sam Ringgold at Sparrow's Beach, 1953
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Essie Nickerson, Emma Hutchins, Gertrude Manuel, and Sam Ringgold at Sparrow's Beach, 1953

Emma Hutchins, Gertrude Manuel, and Muriel Ringgold at Sparrow's Beach, 1953
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Emma Hutchins, Gertrude Manuel, and Muriel Ringgold at Sparrow's Beach, 1953

Fun in the water at Sparrow's Point
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Fun in the water at Sparrow's Point

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Group of young men at the Annual State New Farmers of America Rally

Muriel Lucretia Ringgold Thomas
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Muriel Lucretia Ringgold Thomas

Airlee Ringgold third grade school portrait
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Airlee Ringgold third grade school portrait

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John R. "Chucky" Brooks Getting Ready for a Track Meet

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School Photograph of Carolyn G. Brooks

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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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Vacation Bible School at Coleman's United Methodist Church in Coleman, MD, 1957

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Carolyn Brooks on her Brother Elzie's Bike, April, 1957

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