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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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Looking for a job Shines Picking cotton Scene about a cotton plantation Sorting cotton Aunt Phoebe, Magnolia-on-the-Ashley [i.e. Magnolia Gardens], Charleston, S.C. Cutting sugar cane in Louisiana Polly in the peanut patch A South Carolina huckster Aunt Charlotte Unloading a banana steamer, Mobile, Ala. A scene on the levee, New Orleans Southern fish vendor A Living sign on Fifth Avenue, New York City Dorothy Hall (girls' trades building), Tuskegee Institute, Ala. More (Library of Congress/Touring Turn-of-the-Century America: Photographs from the Detroit Publishing Company)

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