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18th Street and the Paseo in the 1940s

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Description
Street's hotel and environs, 18th and Paseo; Kansas City, Missouri, with people walking on the sidewalks and cars parked along the street.
Date Published
1941
1950

1946 Mercury

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Description
An unidentified African American woman with her back to the photographer, reaches her left hand across the hood of a 1946 Mercury Sedan to reach her purse.
Date Published
1946
1949

A.M.E. Zion General Conference

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Description
Twelve African American men, Board of Bishops of the AME Zions, St. Louis, Missouri, stand on steps in front of doors to a building in Washington D.C. while attending the A.M.E. Zion General Conference held in the John Wesley A.M.E. Zion church at Fourteenth and Corcoran streets.
Date Published
1928-05-18

Airplanes on a taxiway

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Description
Four airplanes sitting on the taxiway at Scott Air Force Base in Illinois.
Date Published
1951
1960

Albert Sexton

Description
A studio portrait of Albert Sexton standing outside in tall grass in front of a barn door and behind a broken wood rail fence. He holds a piece of luggage in his right hand and the finger of his left hand are tucked in the pocket of his checkered pants. He wears a derby hat slanted slightly to one side, a dark suit jacket with a kerchief in the breast pocket; a light colored double breasted buttoned vest over a likely white shirt and necktie. He wears a watch chain from the 'V' in the vest to this watch pocket.
Date Published
1891

Alice Cecilia Willett

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Description
A studio portrait of Alice Cecilia Willett sitting sideways with her ankles crossed smiling over her left shoulder at the photographer. A tropical backdrop is behind her.
Date Published
1921
1930

All bundled up in the snow

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Description
An unidentified African American woman, from her left side, is all bundled up in a winter hat with the brim turned up all the way round and a full-length coat standing in the snow in a city. She is pointing with her right hand while her left hand is in her pocket.
Date Published
1921
1930

All dressed up

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Description
An unidentified African American toddler smiles and stands on a sidewalk in a hat, a light colored dress, and an oversized dark belt. He or she also wears baby shoes and socks with stripes around the tops. A house and roads are behind the toddler.
Date Published
1915