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African American baseball players of Morris Brown College, with boy and another man standing at door, Atlanta, Georgia Family

Portrait photographs

The photographs in this section are drawn from a very large collection made by the Detroit Publishing Company between 1880 and 1920 and can be accessed from American Memory. Most of these photographs were made in the late 1890s and early 1900s. The photograph titles are contemporary with the images.

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 The caretakers, Magnolia-on-the-Ashley [i.e. Magnolia Gardens], Charleston, S.C. The caretakers, Magnolia-on-the-Ashley [i.e. Magnolia Gardens], Charleston, S.C.

Aunt Phoebe, Magnolia-on-the-Ashley, [i.e. Magnolia Gardens], Charleston, S.C. Aunt Phoebe, Magnolia-on-the-Ashley, [i.e. Magnolia Gardens], Charleston, S.C.

A happy family A happy family

Four black children in yard Four black children in yard

Man dressed in his Sunday best His Sunday best

Five children walking on dirt road Just kids

Four children around porch Living easy

Sunny Jim sitting on fence Sunny Jim

The whole black family at the Hermitage, Savannah, Georgia The whole black family at the Hermitage, Savannah, Georgia

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