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Yellow and white flowers on an unmarked grave
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Yellow and white flowers on an unmarked grave

Women working in the fish department at VITA Foods. Sydney Caulk is standing beside the tubs of fish.
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Women working in the fish department at VITA Foods. Sydney Caulk is standing beside the tubs of fish.

Women dressed for church
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Women dressed for church

Woman employees at VITA Foods 1969 May
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Woman employees at VITA Foods 1969 May

White flowers on a casket
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White flowers on a casket

White and yellow flowers laid outside
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White and yellow flowers laid outside

Wedding Day for Horace and Louise Hynson
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Wedding Day for Horace and Louise Hynson

Wanda Boyer at age 6, circa 1969
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Wanda Boyer at age 6, circa 1969

VITA Foods infirmary
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VITA Foods infirmary

Uncle Abraham and his wife in Chestertown
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Uncle Abraham and his wife in Chestertown

Two young girls in matching outfits on a small mattress
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Two young girls in matching outfits on a small mattress

Two young girls at an outdoor birthday celebration
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Two young girls at an outdoor birthday celebration

Two young children with their arms around the other
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Two young children with their arms around the other

Two young children standing at an outdoor birthday celebration
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Two young children standing at an outdoor birthday celebration

Two women smiling at the camera
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Two women smiling at the camera

Two women leaning in for a picture
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Two women leaning in for a picture

Two women in plaid
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Two women in plaid

Two adults and a child outside
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Two adults and a child outside

Three young children on a double swing set
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Three young children on a double swing set

Three children waiting outside
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Three children waiting outside

Three children and a man outside
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Three children and a man outside

Three children and a baby around a woman reading
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Three children and a baby around a woman reading

Terra Deaton and her brothers
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Terra Deaton and her brothers

Ten month old Deborah
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Ten month old Deborah

Sorting glass jars at VITA Foods
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Sorting glass jars at VITA Foods

Socializing at the kitchen table
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Socializing at the kitchen table

Six children
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Six children

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

Sharptown School in Sharptown, MD
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Sharptown School in Sharptown, MD

Shadowy image of a woman by an open window
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Shadowy image of a woman by an open window

Ralph Deaton and his sons
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Ralph Deaton and his sons

Purple and yellow flowers on a table
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Purple and yellow flowers on a table

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Program menu for the National Homemakers of America Kennard Chapter

Pres. Daniel Gibson letter to Miss Carolyn Erwin
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Pres. Daniel Gibson letter to Miss Carolyn Erwin

essie_l._nickerson_s_premium_receipt_book_for_met_life_1966-1969.pdf
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Premium receipt book of Essie L. Nickerson for Metropolitan Life Insurance Company

Portrait of Veronica Givens
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Portrait of Veronica Givens

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