Flatbed rail cars are seen sitting in a field that is littered with metal scrap. In the far right can be seen some stacks of lumber. Behind this a street runs and some small wood frame homes can be seen, these are not in good repair.
Original photo mounted on 8"" X 10"" hardboard. Photo shows four men posing outside the door of Purviance Bros., Auto Repairing, Oils and Greases. It is a metal building with a wide doorway. A bicycle is propped against an electric pole on the...
Original is a postcard showing a very tall grain silo next to a small white house which faces the railroad tracks. The tracks are down an eroded incline from the front of the house. A second white house is seen to the right of the first, and an...
Original is a faded postcard. Canton Home Star Band is marching down Academy Street during a Memorial Day parade, while other people are seen behind them in white dresses. To the right of the ditch, others can be seen in buggies walking/riding...
Five African-American ladies, and two African-American men are seen in the foreground hoeing in a cotton field where very small plants are seen in rows. They all wear hats, one in a large straw hat. Other workers are seen in the background. Typed...
Photograph shows a newly bricked storefront. The stable entrance is seen as a curved arch behind the two story section of the business. Covington and Rings is seen on the sign and a smaller advertisement for Owensboro Wagons. A crowd of men and...
Transcription of an interview conducted with Frank D. Barber. Barber became involved in politics when he was just ten years old going door-to-door hanging flyers for Paul B. Johnson Sr. This interest continued throughout his adult life alongside...
Transcription of an oral history interview conducted with Rubin and Frances Smith of Cleveland, Mississippi. Mr. and Mrs. Smith discuss their involvement in the various Civil Rights activities in their area as well as the beginning of the...
Black-and-white photograph of Jackson State College students rallying in front of Alexander Hall to protest the May 15, 1970, shooting of student demonstrators by Mississippi law enforcement officers. Twelve students were wounded when officers...
Girls are wearing white dresses and corsages. The young men are all in suits and ties. There are fifty-four graduates on the stage, posing before an empty auditorium. The CHS curtain is seen above them on the stage. Vines and flowers line the front...
Fred's Dollar Store damage, with the side wall missing and front windows blown out. A car is seen in front with debris on its hood. Bricks and rubble are visible outside the building on the right. The back of a counter and clothes hanging on...
Four ladies in formal dresses are seen sitting on the side of the field, holding flowers, with escorts standing behind them. Two young people stand on the sides of the Queen. Maid on the far right is cut off the photo. Kids and spectators can be...
Close up of Fred's Dollar Store damage, with the side wall missing. Bricks and rubble are visible outside the building on the right. The back of a counter and clothes hanging on racks can be seen, with a pile of boxes full of things lined along...
A young African-American, Jimmy Wiley, stands on the steps in front of a porch and home that has been blown away by the tornado. A partial wall and door are seen, but through the doorway it is evident that nothing stands behind that. Another person...
In the forefront are two U.S. Army Emergency Operations, Corps of Engineers workers tossing debris into a truck. Another worker is walking off, and a group of four can be seen off to the far right. All have on hardhats. A parking meter is seen,...
A street scene with trucks and cars parked in front of businesses. The stores are wood framed with porches and covered areas in front. J. E. Gober's sign can be seen, with a Gulf gasoline sign posted right past it. Coca Cola ads are on two...
Hosford Fontaine stands with a light coat and pillbox hat looking at the ruins of Allison's Wells. The water tower can be seen in the background. A brick column with charred board can be seen. She has a collie with her who is turning in the photo.
Two story brick building with wrought iron balcony railing and stairs leading up the side of the building. A large Coca Cola sign is painted on the side of the brick building. A horse drawn wagon can be seen on the far right, and six men standing...
