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Photographs from the time a Greyhound bus got stuck in the Burrell Slater parking lot

These are photographs of a Greyhound bus carrying tourists that got stuck in the Burrell Slater parking lot. The tourists were visiting the W.C. Handy…

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Sports and Recreation

Negro Teen Agers to Elect Officers FT Fri May 21 1950 p 2.jpg

This collection contains items connected to recreational activities and sports as they relate to African American life in the Shoals.

Featured Exhibit

Work in the Shoals

This exhibit features photographs of people at work in the Shoals.

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Airman First Class Samuel Ashford

A1C Samuel Ashford.jpg

A February 22, 1962 photo of Airman First Class Samuel Ashford from the "News About Negroes" section of the Tri-Cities Daily noting that the Leighton…

Smallpox in Florence's African-American Community, 1900-1901.

The Small Pox Here FH Thu Feb 22 1900 p 1.jpg

A series of Florence Herald and Florence Times articles from February of 1900 and May of 1901 chronicling smallpox epidemics. The articles featured…

Smallpox in Florence's African-American Community in 1865-1866.

Records of the Corp of Florence, ALa, Dec 15, 1865, p 444.jpg

A Series of records documenting the outbreak of smallpox in Florence in December of 1865-1866, with the first cases being reported in Florence's…