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Fountain United Methodist Church in Big Woods, MD with a superimposed photo on church of Mrs. Anna Brown
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Fountain United Methodist Church in Big Woods, MD with a superimposed photo on church of Mrs. Anna Brown

Old Ringgold home
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Old Ringgold home

Calvert Street, ( Santiago) Original restaurant site, taxi stand of Charlie Graves circa 1950’s
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Calvert Street, ( Santiago) Original restaurant site, taxi stand of Charlie Graves circa 1950’s

View to entrance of Charlie Graves Uptown Club Restaurant and Bar, Circa 1956
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View to entrance of Charlie Graves Uptown Club Restaurant and Bar, Circa 1956

Front view of entrance to Charlie Graves dance hall and bar, Circa 1956
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Front view of entrance to Charlie Graves dance hall and bar, Circa 1956

Daughters of Charlie Graves, Circa 1962
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Daughters of Charlie Graves, Circa 1962

Family and friends of Charlie Graves, Bonita Prather, Margo Murray, and Hilda Graves, circa 1956
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Family and friends of Charlie Graves, Bonita Prather, Margo Murray, and Hilda Graves, circa 1956

Hilda Graves, circa 1958
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Hilda Graves, circa 1958

Loved Ones of Charlie Graves at a Night Out, Eloise Johnson, Robert “Pick” Robinson, Margaret Robinson, and Hilda Graves, circa 1959. 
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Loved Ones of Charlie Graves at a Night Out, Eloise Johnson, Robert “Pick” Robinson, Margaret Robinson, and Hilda Graves, circa 1959. 

Inside Charlie Graves Uptown Club in Chestertown, MD, 1958
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Inside Charlie Graves Uptown Club in Chestertown, MD, 1958

Charlie Graves and wife Hilda Graves, circa 1954
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Charlie Graves and wife Hilda Graves, circa 1954

Monica and Karen, Daughters of Charlie and Hilda Graves, Outside Their New Home, circa 1965
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Monica and Karen, Daughters of Charlie and Hilda Graves, Outside Their New Home, circa 1965

Son of Charlie Graves, Charles Waters at age 10, Christmas circa 1957
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Son of Charlie Graves, Charles Waters at age 10, Christmas circa 1957

Residence of Charlie Graves 100 Prospect St. Chestertown, MD 1954-1963
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Residence of Charlie Graves 100 Prospect St. Chestertown, MD 1954-1963

Daughters of Charlie and Hilda Graves, Karen Graves age 2, Monica Graves, age 4, circa 1962
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Daughters of Charlie and Hilda Graves, Karen Graves age 2, Monica Graves, age 4, circa 1962

Hilda Graves, wife of Charlie Graves, Old Garnett school lot, circa 1942
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Hilda Graves, wife of Charlie Graves, Old Garnett school lot, circa 1942

Family Hanging Out in the Kitchen, August 1953
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Family Hanging Out in the Kitchen, August 1953

Black and white photograph of a man with two young girls
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Black and white photograph of a man with two young girls

Children of Charlie Graves - from the left: Monica Graves-age 3, Brian Graves-age 10, Karen Graves age 11
months. Circa 1960
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Children of Charlie Graves - from the left: Monica Graves-age 3, Brian Graves-age 10, Karen Graves age 11 months. Circa 1960

Black and white photo of a woman with two girls in front of a Christmas tree
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Black and white photo of a woman with two girls in front of a Christmas tree

Charlie Graves with a group of other men
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Charlie Graves with a group of other men

Beverly Murray (cousin of Monica Graves).
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Beverly Murray (cousin of Monica Graves).

Shirley Sisco Jones, likely in Quaker Neck, MD, circa 1960s
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Shirley Sisco Jones, likely in Quaker Neck, MD, circa 1960s

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Officer LaMonte Cooke and Jim Pete Miller in front of the Kent County Courthouse in Chestertown.

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Centennial Beneficial Lodge #90 Members James Earl Frazier, Lula Frazier, Annie Bell, Ida Brown, Rebecca Frisby, Fanny Gland, Eunice Hutchins, Theodore Hutchins, Mamie Mays, Jane Miller, Elijah Smith, Millie Smith, 1940.

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LaMonte Cooke Reading to Children at Garnet Elementary School

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LaMonte Cooke as a Baby, 1951

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Portrait of Ursula Stockman, LaMonte Cooke's mother

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LaMonte Cooke's 5th Birthday Party

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LaMonte Cooke's Family (Viola Graves, Gladys Cooke, and Dr. Padgett) at his Baptism

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LaMonte Cooke's 5th Birthday Party

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Officer LaMonte Cooke with Tom Rosazza - Executive Director of the Maryland Commission on Correctional Standards, and Sheriff Allan Blizzard

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LaMonte Cooke with Tom Rosazza, Allan Blizzard, and Mary Roe Walkup at Maryland Connection Commission on Correctional Standard, 1983

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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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LaMonte Cooke in High School Science Class, 1968

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LaMonte Cooke's Mother Gladys Cooke with Dr. William Padgett, Lillian Jefferson, Rupert Jefferson, Mr. Hargreaves, Mrs. Hargreaves, and Others at Formal Event

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