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Front View of Uptown Club prior to demolition day circa 1988
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Front View of Uptown Club prior to demolition day circa 1988

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Dr. Edwin Samuel Shirley, wife Iris Mays, and friends.

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William Wilson, LaMonte Cooke, Asbury Hunley, Thomas Groce, and Stuart Simms (Secretary of Public Safety for Maryland) at the Tea Party Festival in Chestertown.

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Worshipful Master Madison Brown of the Thomas Henry Kiah Masonic Lodge #101

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LaMonte Cooke and Other Members of the Thomas Henry Kiah Masonic Lodge #101 at their Christmas Basket Giveaway

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Gilbert Hyson, former Worshipful Master of Thomas H. Kiah Masonic Lodge in Rock Hall, MD

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Gilbert Hynson at Masonic Fish Fry

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

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Joan Williams with a Masonic Brother and a Friend

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Dinky Adams with Friend at Chestertown Tea Party

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

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Tri-State Debutante Cotillion program, 2007

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Meeting of the Sigma Gamma Rho Interest Group Letter

The Uptown Club in the early 1940s before it was remodeled in 1945.
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The Uptown Club in the early 1940s before it was remodeled in 1945.

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

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Margaret Wilson Dressed Up for Mother's Day Dinner

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Dorothy Brooks Dressed Up for Mother's Day Dinner

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

Junior Walker and the All Stars playing a gig at the Charlie Graves' Uptown Club
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Junior Walker and the All Stars playing a gig at the Charlie Graves' Uptown Club

Debutantes chatting
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Debutantes chatting

Three debutantes from Chestertown, Maryland
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Three debutantes from Chestertown, Maryland

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

Cheryl Saunders' debutante photograph
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Cheryl Saunders' debutante photograph

1964 Debutante Cotillion group picture
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1964 Debutante Cotillion group picture

Three debutantes in 1966
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Three debutantes in 1966

Maryland debutantes
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Maryland debutantes

Parents and Grandparents for Airlee Ringgold's Debutante Ball
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Parents and Grandparents for Airlee Ringgold's Debutante Ball

Guests for Airlee Ringgold's debutante
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Guests for Airlee Ringgold's debutante

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Airlee Ringgold's debutante guests in front of family home

Debutantes with escorts
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Debutantes with escorts

Gail Saunders at her Debutante Ball
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Gail Saunders at her Debutante Ball

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Parker-White Post

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