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Angela Jones Sampson and others dancing
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Angela Jones Sampson and others dancing

Debutante photo of Angela Jones Sampson with her father Harold Jones
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Debutante photo of Angela Jones Sampson with her father Harold Jones

Angela Jones Sampson dancing with her father Herald Jones
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Angela Jones Sampson dancing with her father Herald Jones

Monique Saunders dancing with her father James Saunders
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Monique Saunders dancing with her father James Saunders

Monique Saunders with parents Cheryl and James Saunders
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Monique Saunders with parents Cheryl and James Saunders

1984 Debutante newspaper announcement
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1984 Debutante newspaper announcement

Monique Saunders during the debutante march
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Monique Saunders during the debutante march

Monique Saunders and escort Terry Stewart
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Monique Saunders and escort Terry Stewart

Program for "21st Annual Debutantes' Tea"
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Program for "21st Annual Debutantes' Tea"

Dancing at the Debutante Ball
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Dancing at the Debutante Ball

Debutantes exiting with escorts from the ballroom floor
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Debutantes exiting with escorts from the ballroom floor

Debutante escorts marching
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Debutante escorts marching

Debutantes curtseying to their escorts
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Debutantes curtseying to their escorts

Charlie Graves behind bar at Uptown Club, prior to demolition day 1988
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Charlie Graves behind bar at Uptown Club, prior to demolition day 1988

Inside Charlie Graves Uptown Club dance hall, prior to demolition day 1988
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Inside Charlie Graves Uptown Club dance hall, prior to demolition day 1988

Charlie Graves in Club, prior to demolition day 1988
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Charlie Graves in Club, prior to demolition day 1988

Left side view of Uptown Club, prior to demolition day circa 1988
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Left side view of Uptown Club, prior to demolition day circa 1988

Rear view of Uptown Clup prior to demolition day circa 1988
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Rear view of Uptown Clup prior to demolition day circa 1988

Right side view of Uptown Club prior to demolition day, circa 1988
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Right side view of Uptown Club prior to demolition day, circa 1988

Charlie Graves' Uptown Club in Chestertown,MD.
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Charlie Graves' Uptown Club in Chestertown,MD.

Preparing for demolition of the Uptown Club.
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Preparing for demolition of the Uptown Club.

Barmaid Anne Turner, Mr. Charlie Graves, and Rita Johnson
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Barmaid Anne Turner, Mr. Charlie Graves, and Rita Johnson

Bay City Lodge Collaring Ceremony program for the Improved Benevolent and Protective Order Elks of the World
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Bay City Lodge Collaring Ceremony program for the Improved Benevolent and Protective Order Elks of the World

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Worshipful Master James Thompson of Thomas H. Kiah Masonic Lodge #101

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The Thomas H. Kiah Lodge #101 Prince Hall Freemasons and the Centreville Masonic Lodge #180

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25th Anniversary of Star Temple #1141, Rock Hall, Maryland, 1986

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Program for the Annual Memorial Service of Deceased Members of the Order of Knights of Pythias and Courts of Calanthe, 1982

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Program for the Annual Memorial Service of Deceased Members of the Order of Knights of Pythias and Courts of Calanthe, 1983

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1987 Debutante Schree Potts

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1987 Debutante Schree Potts dancing

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1985 Tri-State Debutantes

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1985 Tri-State Debutantes - Escorts

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1985 Tri-State Debutante Group Dance

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1987 Debutante Schree Potts

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Parents of Debutantes

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Debutante Jana Anderson with escort James Berry, 1987

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