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Wedding portrait of Mary Elizabeth Turfley Bumry, Pittsburgh, ca. 1920
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Wedding portrait of Mary Elizabeth Turfley Bumry, Pittsburgh, ca. 1920
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Mary C. Dorsey, Pittsburgh, ca. 1895
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The Wichita Daily Eagle, Kansas, December 23, 1920
L. Watson’s Quick Lunch, Pittsburgh,
May 25, 1921
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Sisters-in-law Sadie T.M. Alexander and Virginia Margaret Alexander behind Houston Hall, University of Pennsylvania, ca. 1920
From Sadie’s Wikipedia: Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander, was the first African-American woman to receive a Ph.D. in economics in the United States, and the first woman to receive a law degree from the University of Pennsylvania Law School.
From Virginia’s Wikipedia page: Virginia M. Alexander (1900-1949) was an American physician and founder of the Aspiranto Health Home in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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Chicago, August 1952
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Tenement with no running water, Chicago, 1952
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Boston Post, Massachusetts, December 10, 1920
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Tenement with padlocked fire escape, Chicago, March 10, 1950
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African-American population in the northeast corner of the area is growing, Chicago, September 2, 1954
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North Wells, Chicago, October 2, 1954
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Victor Olander Homes playground, Chicago Housing Authority, 39th & Lake Park, Chicago, June 16, 1954
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Mailman, Blackstone Avenue, Chicago, April 1954
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Chicago, July 6, 1951
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North side, Chicago, March 5, 1951