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This is a newspaper clipping about Mariah Koger, who was learning to read at Jake Thompson's school on the Peter Broadfoot place.

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(1) Tori and her mother Odessa
(2) Tori and her brother Jurado at their grandma's house
(3) Tori and Kelly
(4) Tori and Janet Turner Ingall at Kilby School

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Florence historian Lee Freeman: this is a letter from Reuben Patterson (1836-1929), a cook and former slave who moved to Florence ca. 1868 with his former master, Col. Josiah Patterson, expressing his "heartfelt thanks" to several "white gentlemen"…

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This is a newspaper article about John C. Claybrook, who grew up in Florence but fled at an early age.

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This is a series photographs of Robert Parker and his pet black bear, Charley.

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A November 12, 1919 Florence Herald article reporting that a recent assembly of chapel at the State Normal School in Florence was called to order using a call bell made by former Florentine, Burrell Normal graduate and veteran of the first World War,…

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This is a newspaper obituary for Leander Harris, 76 or 78, who was enslaved by Thomas Kirkman and was a jockey for James F. Jackson. Leander was the father of Bill Harris.

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This is a collection of newspaper articles about Bob Carl Bailey's appointment to Governor Fob James' Small Business Program in 1980.

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This is a newspaper article about Florence State University English instructor Barbara Glenn. Glenn was preparing for a Summer Theater production of 'Man of La Mancha.'

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This is a newspaper clipping about the marriage of Bessie Foster to Anthony H. Giles of Chicago, IL. Florence historian Lee Freeman notes: "This marriage was Bessie's 3rd and ended in an eventual separation."
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