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Tennessee’s Dandrige, in 1930
The last surviving former slave in the region is Nancy Bradford. Born on January 4th, 1851, she worked as a…
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Sevier County, Tennessee, 1902.
The Conner family is seen outside their home in Gatlinburg’s Glades neighborhood. (L to R) Lona Conner McClure (1890–1976), Ida…
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Springdale Community in Claiborne County, Tennessee, 1941
A couple sits on a bench outside a church.
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The Journey Westward: A Kansas Family’s 1908 Covered Wagon Expedition
In the summer of 1908, the Smith family of Kansas embarked on a journey emblematic of the American pioneer…
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Tennessee’s Claiborne County, 1940s–1950s
Tennessee’s Claiborne County, 1940s–1950s… Picture of a little child comforting a weeping infant. The unidentified girl in the picture is…
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1913 in New York City
The caption of the photographer Hyman Bachwald, New York, 167 Allen Street. both epileptic and neurotic. Before being married, Mother…
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Oklahoma in 1939
A man and his daughter are sitting on a bed outside in the Mays Avenue camp under a bridge. The…
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Louisiana’s Baton Rouge, 1861–1865
Louisiana’s Baton Rouge, 1861–1865… Two unidentified escaped slaves in torn clothing/ Taken in Baton Rouge by McPherson & Oliver
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West Virginia and Ohio, 1896–1912
Five young girls, all dressed in white, are pictured posing on a house’s porch. Albert J. Ewing, a traveling photographer,…
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West Virginia and Ohio, 1896–1912
Albert J. Ewing, a traveling photographer, captured this image of a woman sitting outside with piles of lumber in the…
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1911 in Cleveland, North Carolina
Margaret, Nellie Johnson McLemore, and Dr. George Ammie McLemore are shown in the caption. (verso) The background shows the home…
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