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Keywords: decade:
anderson_diary_1950.pdf
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Daily Journal of Mrs. Clara Anderson, 1950

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

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

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LaMonte Cooke in High School Science Class, 1968

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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's 5th Birthday Party

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LaMonte Cooke as a Baby, 1951

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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.

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.

James Manuel and Gertrude Hutchins Manuel on their wedding day.
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James Manuel and Gertrude Hutchins Manuel on their wedding day.

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

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

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

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

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

Hilda Graves, circa 1958
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Hilda Graves, circa 1958

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

Charlie Graves in office of Uptown Club, circa 1954
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Charlie Graves in office of Uptown Club, circa 1954

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

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

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

Luther Hamilton in a suit
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Luther Hamilton in a suit

Valerie B. Anderson Garnet Elementary School picture
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Valerie B. Anderson Garnet Elementary School picture

Leon Donald Hamilton in Army military uniform
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Leon Donald Hamilton in Army military uniform

Portrait of Lauretta Regina Hamilton Dotson
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Portrait of Lauretta Regina Hamilton Dotson

Calvin Hamilton's portrait
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Calvin Hamilton's portrait

Howard Hamilton in uniform
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Howard Hamilton in uniform

A couple lounging in the grass
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A couple lounging in the grass

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

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

Muriel Lucretia Ringgold Thomas
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Muriel Lucretia Ringgold Thomas

Ringgold family living room
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Ringgold family living room

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

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