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Description:: Allensworth was a town founded in 1908, with the idea that African Americans could own property, learn, thrive, and live the American Dream. It was named by Lt. Colonel Allen Allensworth. It had a school system by 1910. With the death of Colonel Allensworth in 1914, the town experienced extreme losses, coupled with severe drought and decreased crop yields. Many residents left the area following World War I. The town was memorialized as a state park in 1974, and hosts events annually to preserve its history.
Date:: circa 1913
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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Description:: Studio portrait of Alla Shaffer wearing an elaborate hat, high neck coat and feather scarf.
Date:: [1860-1900]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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Description:: Alice Taylor Gafford beside one of her still life paintings featuring a straw hat, wine glass and wine bottle.
Date:: [1960s (?)]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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Description:: Albert Ernest Forsythe and C. Albert Anderson stand beside an airplane with "Pride of Atlantic City" painted on the body at an airport.
Date:: [1933]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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Description:: Exterior view of the A. J. Roberts and Sons mortuary, with a sign reading "Roberts Mortuary" located at 1415 Central Avenue.
Date:: [1922 or later]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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Description:: A. J. (Andrew Jackson) Roberts attended Wilberforce University and Oberlin College. After graduation he taught school, married Ellen Hemings (a granddaughter of Sally Hemings and Thomas Jefferson) in Chillicothe, Ohio, and moved to California as an early pioneer in 1888. He founded a transfer and trucking business in 1905, sold it and founded the A. J. Roberts and Sons mortuary. The firm began at 12th and Los Angeles, moved to 1119-1121 S. Los Angeles, and to 1415 S. Central Avenue in 1922.
Date:: [1922 or later]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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Description:: Mixed media drawing of a African man wearing a white robe and hat. Artist is Herman "Kofi" Bailey
Date:: [1960-1981]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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Description:: Mixed media drawing of a African man wearing a white robe and hat. Artist is Herman "Kofi" Bailey
Date:: [1960-1981]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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Description:: View of delegates attending the African Methodist Episcopal Church Conference at the Shrine Auditorium.
Date:: May 1960
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Adams, Harry H., 1918-1988
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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Description:: View of delegates attending the African Methodist Episcopal Church Conference at the Shrine Auditorium.
Date:: May 1960
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Adams, Harry H., 1918-1988
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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