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Sales of household and agricultural goods
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Sales of household and agricultural goods

Confirmation of T. Reed payment to William Reed
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Confirmation of T. Reed payment to William Reed

Expenses for John Brown's funeral
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Expenses for John Brown's funeral

“Copy (under seal) Patent Price Hill on Wye River”
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“Copy (under seal) Patent Price Hill on Wye River”

Letter: Robert Oldson to W. James Brorone, October 25, 1808
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Letter: Robert Oldson to W. James Brorone, October 25, 1808

Promise of payment template
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Promise of payment template

An oath by Allen Hollingsworth
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An oath by Allen Hollingsworth

Sign up sheet for fashion show
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Sign up sheet for fashion show

Anderson family photograph booklet
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Anderson family photograph booklet

Gertrude Hynson birthday video
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Gertrude Hynson birthday video

Fundraising call
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Fundraising call

Thomas Henry Kiah Lodge No. 101 60th anniversary cocktail napkin
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Thomas Henry Kiah Lodge No. 101 60th anniversary cocktail napkin

"What is Freemasonry?"
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"What is Freemasonry?"

Black and white photo of a young woman in formal dress
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Black and white photo of a young woman in formal dress

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

Clementine Yorker (great-aunt of Monica Graves) rendition of the Burning of Janes Church
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Clementine Yorker (great-aunt of Monica Graves) rendition of the Burning of Janes Church

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Asbury United Methodist Church, Georgetown Maryland

Darius Johnson as a child and family in Big Woods, MD, circa 1995
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Darius Johnson as a child and family in Big Woods, MD, circa 1995

Mout Olive A.M.E. Church singers
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Mout Olive A.M.E. Church singers

Portrait of Milford Murray
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Portrait of Milford Murray

Portrait of Jimmy Samson
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Portrait of Jimmy Samson

Portrait of Airlee Ringgold Johnson
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Portrait of Airlee Ringgold Johnson

Photograph of Lucille and Herbert Warren
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Photograph of Lucille and Herbert Warren

Portrait of Jocelyn Williams
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Portrait of Jocelyn Williams

Portrait of Janie Barrett
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Portrait of Janie Barrett

Photograph of Eleanor Nickerson Ringgold
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Photograph of Eleanor Nickerson Ringgold

Photograph of The Melunaires
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Photograph of The Melunaires

Photograph of Bus Johnson (Saxophone Player)
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Photograph of Bus Johnson (Saxophone Player)

Portrait of Milford Murray
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Portrait of Milford Murray

Two Ladies at a Formal Dance
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Two Ladies at a Formal Dance

Janes Church Celebration
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Janes Church Celebration

Newspaper Advertisement for Chestertown Jazz Festival
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Newspaper Advertisement for Chestertown Jazz Festival

Lester Barnett, Portia Turner, and Sylvia Hackett Frazier. Church Choir Performers, circa 1996
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Lester Barnett, Portia Turner, and Sylvia Hackett Frazier. Church Choir Performers, circa 1996

Singers - Sylvia Frazier, Karen Somerville, and Marlon Saunders - Rehearsing for Benefit Concert
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Singers - Sylvia Frazier, Karen Somerville, and Marlon Saunders - Rehearsing for Benefit Concert

Monica Graves
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Monica Graves

Photograph of The Burke Family Singers of Upper Queen Anne's County at the Chestertown Jazz Festival
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Photograph of The Burke Family Singers of Upper Queen Anne's County at the Chestertown Jazz Festival

Kent County News Paper clipping of Randolph "Jazz" Johnson wailing on his sax in 1980
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Kent County News Paper clipping of Randolph "Jazz" Johnson wailing on his sax in 1980

Photograph of "Bus" Johnson
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Photograph of "Bus" Johnson

Photograph of Corey "Fat Cat" Hackett at drum with guitarist, 1977
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Photograph of Corey "Fat Cat" Hackett at drum with guitarist, 1977

Photograph of Corey "Fat Cat" Hackett drummer and others in 1980
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Photograph of Corey "Fat Cat" Hackett drummer and others in 1980

Photograph of a party scene at high school
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Photograph of a party scene at high school

Photograph of Clients in front of Uptown Club
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Photograph of Clients in front of Uptown Club

Photograph of gospel singers
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Photograph of gospel singers

Photograph of Wilford "Money" Rochester playing the keyboard
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Photograph of Wilford "Money" Rochester playing the keyboard

Photograph of gospel group "God's Wealth"
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Photograph of gospel group "God's Wealth"

Photograph of little children, ragtime to rap
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Photograph of little children, ragtime to rap

Photograph of Portia Turner
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Photograph of Portia Turner

Photograph of Wendy Johnson
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Photograph of Wendy Johnson

Photograph of Lester Barrett
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Photograph of Lester Barrett

Photograph of Lester Barrett
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Photograph of Lester Barrett

Photograph of Fat Cat Hackett's Band from France
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Photograph of Fat Cat Hackett's Band from France

Rowing medals of Airlee Ringgold Johnson #1
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Rowing medals of Airlee Ringgold Johnson #1

Rowing medals of Airlee Ringgold Johnson #3
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Rowing medals of Airlee Ringgold Johnson #3

Rowing medals of Airlee Ringgold Johnson #4
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Rowing medals of Airlee Ringgold Johnson #4

Randolph "Jazz" Johnson Playing Saxophone
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Randolph "Jazz" Johnson Playing Saxophone

Calvin Hamilton Playing Trumpet
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Calvin Hamilton Playing Trumpet

Flier for a Gospel Music Event featuring Sylvia Frazier and the Anointed Vessels
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Flier for a Gospel Music Event featuring Sylvia Frazier and the Anointed Vessels

Short Biography of Rev. Robert Brown Jr.
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Short Biography of Rev. Robert Brown Jr.

Flyer for Mr. "Fat Cat" Hackett Live Music Event
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Flyer for Mr. "Fat Cat" Hackett Live Music Event

Sylvia Frazier and the Anointed Vessels Musicians
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Sylvia Frazier and the Anointed Vessels Musicians

Photo of Sylvia Hackett Frazier
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Photo of Sylvia Hackett Frazier

Rowing medals of Airlee Ringgold Johnson #5
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Rowing medals of Airlee Ringgold Johnson #5

Rowing medals of Airlee Ringgold Johnson #6 - Head of the Christine Regatta
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Rowing medals of Airlee Ringgold Johnson #6 - Head of the Christine Regatta

Rowing medals of Airlee Ringgold Johnson #11
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Rowing medals of Airlee Ringgold Johnson #11

Rowing medals of Airlee Ringgold Johnson #12
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Rowing medals of Airlee Ringgold Johnson #12

Flier for the 9th Annual 100-Voice Choir Gospel Concert
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Flier for the 9th Annual 100-Voice Choir Gospel Concert

Photograph of Sylvia Hackett Frazier
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Photograph of Sylvia Hackett Frazier

Photograph of Sylvia Frazier and the Anointed Vessels members Sylvia Hackett Frazier, Karen Somerville, Carol Wright, and others
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Photograph of Sylvia Frazier and the Anointed Vessels members Sylvia Hackett Frazier, Karen Somerville, Carol Wright, and others

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A Joyful Noise - The Walker Family Singers

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Grandsons of Bea and Cornelius Sisco, Sr. at a wedding in Chestertown.

Photograph of six well-dressed men
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Photograph of six well-dressed men

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Roger Harrell, George Ames, and LaMonte Cooke at Governor Larry Hogan Campaign Event

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

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Rudy Cane - former Maryland State delegate; Warden Ira :"Buck" Shockley of Worcester County [first Black County Warden]; Commission Purnell of Worcester County; DeWayne Whittington, former superintendent of schools in Somerset County with LaMonte Cooke

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LaMonte and Linda Cooke and others at Local Officials Gathering

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Portrait of Linda Cooke

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Wedding picture of Edwin Samuel Shirley and Iris Mays Shirley, circa 1946 - 1952.

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

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Edgar Johnson and Linda Cooke in MD Senate Building

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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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Aunt Bernice Womack, LaMonte Cooke's aunt from Philadelphia

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Donald and Edwin Shirley with their brothers and nephews

Mt. Olive A.M.E. Church couples float
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Mt. Olive A.M.E. Church couples float

Mt. Olive A.M.E Church couples float attendees
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Mt. Olive A.M.E Church couples float attendees

Man sitting in a chair in front of a whiteboard.
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Man sitting in a chair in front of a whiteboard.

William Wesley Jackson's 85th birthday cake.
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William Wesley Jackson's 85th birthday cake.

Mt. Olive A.M.E Church couples parade float and truck.
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Mt. Olive A.M.E Church couples parade float and truck.

Mt. Olive A.M.E Church couples on a parade float.
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Mt. Olive A.M.E Church couples on a parade float.

A white two-story house.
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A white two-story house.

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Greg Todd, State Senator Steve Hershey, Charlotte Hall, Beverly Churchill and LaMonte Cooke at the Maryland State Senate building in Annapolis Maryland

The front of a two-story white house.
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The front of a two-story white house.

Photo of an elderly woman.
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Photo of an elderly woman.

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LaMonte and Linda Cooke with Sheila Dixon and Rochelle (Rikki) Spector

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LaMonte Cooke with Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley

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LaMonte Cooke and Mark Mumford

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Portrait of Ursula Stockman, LaMonte Cooke's mother

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John and Larry Robinson front of a Christmas Tree

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LaMonte Cooke, Linda Cooke, and Lieutenant Governor Anthony Brown

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George Rudolph Brown, lieutenant and the first Black police officer in Chestertown and Kent County MD.

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George Rudolph Brown and officers in Chestertown, MD.

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LaMonte Cooke and the Maryland Association of Counties Conference Planning Committee in Cambridge Maryland

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LaMonte Cooke and Lieutenant Governor Boyd Rutherford

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

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LaMonte Cooke with William Pickrum and Thomas Groce

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Medford Cooper, WWII Soldier

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LaMonte Cooke's 5th Birthday Party

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Thomas Groce, Linda Cooke, and Vita Pickrum

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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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Linda Cooke's Family Members Mark Hollis, Catherine Lynch, Tony Hollis, and Kevin Hollis

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LaMonte Cooke with Lieutenant Governor Anthony Brown at the Maryland Association of Counties crabfeast in Ocean City, MD.

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Maryland Association of Counties Conference

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LaMonte Cooke shakes hands with Governor Hogan during a bill-signing ceremony with House Speaker Busch and Senator Miller

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Ron Hutchins and his two sons and brother-in-law, and Rev.William and lhis wife at Union Church in Goldsboro, MD.

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Rev. Ronald Hutchins and Jason Hutchins at Union Church in Goldsboro, MD.

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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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Chief Bob Edler and LaMonte Cooke at Chestertown Tea Party

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Jackie Pauls, Kennedy Holton, and Gilbert Hyman at Chestertown Tea Party

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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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LaMonte Cooke and Customer at Chestertown Tea Party

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LaMonte Cooke with Scott Bramble at Chestertown Tea Party

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Mother and Daughter (Big and Little Gretchen Emory) at Chestertown Tea Party

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Portrait of Sedonia Wing, sister of LaMonte Cooke's grandmother Viola Walley Graves

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Portrait of LaMonte Cooke's ghrandmother Viola's brother, Rev. Stanley Comegys

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Rev. Stanley Comegys in the basement of St. Paul's C.M.E. Church in Chester, PA.

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Photo of an Unknown Woman on a Porch

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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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Dr. William Padgett with Other Doctors

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Group of Children on a Ride

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LaMonte Cooke with Family

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Young LaMonte Cooke

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Young LaMonte Cooke Reading

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Young LaMonte Cooke at the Dinner Table

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LaMonte Cooke with Others

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LaMonte Cooke with Loved Ones During the Holidays

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Man with Three Ladies at an Outdoor Event

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Young LaMonte Cooke

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Young LaMonte Cooke

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Young LaMonte Cooke Smiling with Loved Ones

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Young LaMonte Cooke with Two Women

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