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1950
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Dorothy Baynum and child
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Irene and Ben Graham in front of their Calvert Street home
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Old Love Point School, Bessie Tolson
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"Season's Greetings" Christmas card
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"Takes Air Training"
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A children's birthday party at Fannie Wilson's house
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A couple lounging in the grass
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A young child in front of a brick building
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Aerial view of a speech
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Airlee and Muriel Ringgold
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Airlee Ringgold Johnson and Muriel Lucretia Ringgold Thomas
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Amanda Bessick fundraising at Kent & Queen Anne's Hospital
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Amanda Frisby Bessick and Gertrude Reid sorting through books
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Amanda Frisby Bessick fundraising at Kent & Queen Anne's Hospital
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Amanda Frisby Bessick fundraising door-to-door
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Arthur Martin on Calvert Street
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Baby portrait
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Baby smiling
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Bethel A.M.E. church records, 1939-1980s
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Betty Wilson sitting on brick pillar
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Bill and Reba Warren by the Christmas tree
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Black and white photo of Fannie Wilson
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Briscoe family picture
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Bronte Thomas Deaton and son
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Calvert Street, ( Santiago) Original restaurant site, taxi stand of Charlie Graves circa 1950’s
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Calvin Hamilton's portrait
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Children at a party
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Children on stage performing at the Garnet School opening ceremony
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Clarence Hamilton and man in sweaters
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Claudine Dotson, Vanessa Dotson, and Valerie Bessick posing outside
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Claudine Dotson, Vanessa Dotson, and Valerie Bessick sitting on the steps
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Couple standing in front of car
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Daily Journal of Mrs. Clara Anderson, 1950
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Deaton family
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Delivering a speech at a podium
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Detail of Mrs. Marie Brown, Home Economics Teacher, and students in a Kennard High School classroom
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Documents from the cornerstone laying for the new Garnett School building
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Dr. Edwin Shirley and nurses vaccinate patient Liberty City, FL
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Educators
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Eight women in a car
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Elsie Briscoe finely dressed
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Fannie and Sam Wilson
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Four men vacationing at Sparrow's Beach
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Friends at a party
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George and Essie Hutchins Nickerson, Emma Hutchins, and Airlee Ringgold Johnson
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Gertrude Manuel and guest
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Girls on the park swing set
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Girls sitting on a car
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Grandmother Harriett Hynson
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Grandmother Mary Cooper- LaMonte Cooke's grandmother's sister (Viola Walley Graves)
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Group of children
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Group of people at a family reunion in the backyard of a Washington Park house
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Group of women walking
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Group photo on the front stairs
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Guests outside the wedding reception of James and Gertrude Manuel
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Hanging out in a field
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Harrison Beck at Garnett High School
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Headshot of Raymond Ringgold in uniform
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Helen Cann in front of Garnet High school
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Howard Hamilton in uniform
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Irene Wilson Moore as a Teenager
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James and Gertrude Manuel with wedding guests
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Jane's Church, Cross Street, Chestertown, MD
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Jazz Johnson
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John Elbert Wilson, Sr. as a young man, circa early 1950s
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Josephine Ringgold Johnson
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Kendall Frank Wilson - "Betterton Boy Honor Student At Va. State"
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Leon Donald Hamilton in Army military uniform
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Lucilla Warren
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Luther Hamilton in a suit
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Lynn Strong and Gail Saunders
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Mabel Mary Hynson Tibbs Strother
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Mable Mary Strother as Young Woman
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Male graduate
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Man and woman in the backyard
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Man and woman sitting outdoors in chairs
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Man and woman standing on the beach
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Man and young boy sitting on a staircase
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Man giving a speech
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Man leaning in a car door
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Man posing with five children
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Man pushing two toddlers in a stroller
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Man standing behind a car
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Man standing next to vehicle
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Manor shores
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Manuel home in Philadelphia, PA
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Manuel wedding party photograph
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Mary Fisher and her uncle Claude Gilbert
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Mary Ringgold portrait
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Mattie McNair poses with student
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Meeting of the Centennial Beneficiary Society at Sumner Hall
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Moton High, Easton, Maryland group photo
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Mr. Elmer T. Hawkins and wife Marjorie Hawkins dancing at a gala
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Mrs. Marie Brown, Home Economics Teacher, and students in a Kennard High School classroom
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New Farmers of America, Garnett Chapter
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New Homemakers of America
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New Homemakers of America advisors
CH_CA_2020_SC_028_041
Oliver Hopkins with Vanessa Dotson on horseback
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Palm Solistine Briscoe standing at the bottom of emergency chute at original Garnet High School
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Pearl Cann standing in front of a bush
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Photograph of Family Members of Shirley Jones in the 1950s
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Photos of students at Maryland State Teachers College at Bowie and invitation to pre-spring formal ball
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Playing in snow
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Playing in the grass
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Portrait of "Wanfield A. Showell"
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Portrait of a man
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Portrait of a soldier
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Portrait of Bronte Thomas Deaton
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Portrait of Cecilia D. Ricketts
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Portrait of Charlotte "Betty" Frisby Edgerton
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Portrait of Lauretta Regina Hamilton Dotson
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Portrait of Spiel Frisby Givens
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Posing on the corner
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Rebecca Frisby sitting in a chair
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Reception table and wedding cake
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Relaxing at the kitchen table
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Ringgold family holding hands
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Ringgold family portrait
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Ringgold sisters atop a car
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School portrait of Veronica Given
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Scrapbook clipping of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and friends at Virginia Beach, 1950s.
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Sharon Cann, Charlotte "Betty" Frisby Edgerton, and Rosalind Bessick Hynson
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Shirley C. Hamilton and Melvin J. Hamilton on their wedding day with their mothers
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Shirley Cann and Melvin Hamilton on their wedding day
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Shirley Cann and Melvin J. Hamilton on their wedding day
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Shirley Dorsey posing in front of a fence
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Shirley Jones' Family Members- Debbie, Mommom Ruth, and Troy, in the 1950s
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Six formally dressed women
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Six New Homemakers of America
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Soldier and civilian
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Soldier hugging a woman
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Soldier leaning against a brick building
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Solistine Briscoe and daughter Kim standing with family
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Staff of "Garnett Whispers"
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Staff of "Garnett Whispers"
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Staff of "Garnett Whispers"
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Staff portrait of Anna P. Patrick
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Students getting on a bus
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Teacher with two students
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Teachers gathered at Sumner Hall
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Teenage boys posing outside
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The Hutchins Sisters - Gertrude Hutchins Manuel, Pauline Hutchins Wisher and Dorothy Hutchins Baynum
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The Ringgold family swimming at Sparrow's Beach, 1953
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Three children posing for photograph outside
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Three men sitting on a couch
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Three older men outside
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Three photos around the birdbath at Maryland State Teachers College at Bowie
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Three photos of basketball stars and bird baths at Maryland State Teachers College at Bowie
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Three women at the playground
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Three women seated at the Uptown Club
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Three young boys in matching outfits
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Twins Tara and Tina Sparks in their christening outfits
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Two people standing before a door
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Two women and a man in a boat
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Two young children on a tricycle
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Two young girls with babies
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Unidentified African American woman
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Unknown building
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Unknown Family Soldier in Uniform
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Veronica and Wilbert Jr. on The Givens Family Christmas card
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Wedding guests
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William Ringgold in military uniform
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William Ringgold, air force military police
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Woman and young boy posing in the backyard
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Woman and young boy sitting on a porch
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Woman in an evening gown
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Woman leaning against car
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Woman posing in front of bushes
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Woman sitting in front of a television and Christmas tree
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Woman standing outside
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Woman walking towards a car
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Women and child standing outside
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Women Dressed in their Sunday best
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Women laughing in the backyard
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Women standing near an automobile on Calvert Street
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Young boy in the backyard
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Young girl sitting in the grass
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Young ladies in ninth Grade in 1950-51 school year
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Young soldier
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