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John Elbert Wilson, Sr. as a young man, circa early 1950s

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Carolyn Brooks' National Honor Society Membership Card

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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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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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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

Shirley Jones' Family Members- Debbie, Mommom Ruth, and Troy, in the 1950s
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Shirley Jones' Family Members- Debbie, Mommom Ruth, and Troy, in the 1950s

Photograph of Family Members of Shirley Jones in the 1950s
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Photograph of Family Members of Shirley Jones in the 1950s

Irene Wilson Moore as a Teenager
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Irene Wilson Moore as a Teenager

Unknown Family Soldier in Uniform
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Unknown Family Soldier in Uniform

Grandmother Harriet Hynson
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Grandmother Harriet Hynson

Mable Mary Strother as Young Woman
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Mable Mary Strother as Young Woman

Mabel Mary Hynson Tibbs Strother
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Mabel Mary Hynson Tibbs Strother

Grandmother Harriett Hynson
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Grandmother Harriett Hynson

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The Hutchins Sisters - Gertrude Hutchins Manuel, Pauline Hutchins Wisher and Dorothy Hutchins Baynum

Detail of Mrs. Marie Brown, Home Economics Teacher, and students in a Kennard High School classroom
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Detail of Mrs. Marie Brown, Home Economics Teacher, and students in a Kennard High School classroom

Mrs. Marie Brown, Home Economics Teacher, and students in a Kennard High School classroom
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Mrs. Marie Brown, Home Economics Teacher, and students in a Kennard High School classroom

 Old Love Point School, Bessie Tolson
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Old Love Point School, Bessie Tolson

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Dr. Edwin Shirley and nurses vaccinate patient Liberty City, FL

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Grandmother Mary Cooper- LaMonte Cooke's grandmother's sister (Viola Walley Graves)

Scrapbook clipping of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and friends at Virginia Beach, 1950s.
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Scrapbook clipping of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and friends at Virginia Beach, 1950s.

Kent and Queen Anne's Hospital Auxiliary treasurer's report Jan. 1, 1958 - Mar. 31, 1959
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Kent and Queen Anne's Hospital Auxiliary treasurer's report Jan. 1, 1958 - Mar. 31, 1959

A news letter
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A news letter

Brian Graves and Margo Murray (cousin to Monica Graves) standing in front of the Uptown Club.
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Brian Graves and Margo Murray (cousin to Monica Graves) standing in front of the Uptown Club.

Elmer Hawkins, Garnet School
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Elmer Hawkins, Garnet School

Henry Demain Award at Garnett High School
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Henry Demain Award at Garnett High School

Male graduate
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Male graduate

Teenage boys posing outside
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Teenage boys posing outside

"Takes Air Training"
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"Takes Air Training"

Kendall Frank Wilson - "Betterton Boy Honor Student At Va. State"
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Kendall Frank Wilson - "Betterton Boy Honor Student At Va. State"

Eight women in a car
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Eight women in a car

Peggy sitting in a smoky room
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Peggy sitting in a smoky room

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