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- Photograph of Helen Claytor, a civil rights activist and leader in the YWCA.
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- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
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- Image of a man standing between two horses with logging activity behind him. Two other men stand to the side.
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- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
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- Team photograph of the Grand Rapids Colored Athletics of 1917, Champions of Michigan. Photograph includes Mabin, Coe, Gordon, Redd, Croker, Posey, Skinner, Walker, Grant and Lewis.
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
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- Photograph of George Henry Minisee, the son of James Henry Minisee and Mariah Ray
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- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
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- Jim Woods, the father of Harriett Hill, with a driving team.
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- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
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- The meeting house of the Grand Rapids Study Club, said to be the first organization for African American women in Grand Rapids. The house is located at 427 James Ave.
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- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
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- Photograph of Hattie Beverly, Grand Rapids' first African American teacher.
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- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
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- Portrait of Floyd Skinner, a Grand Rapids lawyer who served as president of the NAACP's local chapter.
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- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
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- Three unidentified children standing on a table
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- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
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- Photograph of Bessie Minisee, the daughter of George Henry Minisee and Helen Thompson. She would later marry Charles Allen.
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
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- Photograph of Ted Rasberry, player for the Colored Athletics and later owner of the Grand Rapids Black Sox, pictured with a man in a dinner jacket and an unidentified Detroit Tigers player.
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
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- Photograph of Mabel Minisee, the daughter of George Henry Minisee and Helen Thompson. She would later marry Daniel Jones.
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
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- Photograph of the Minisee family farm, built on land purchased by James Minisee when he moved from New York to Michigan in 1866.
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
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- Photograph of Emmet Bolden, a local dentist, taken from the 1919 South High School yearbook.
- Date Created:
- 1919-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
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- Photograph of Mabel Minisee and Daniel Jones
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- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
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- Photograph of St. Luke's Church located at 123 Franklin SE. Church services were held here from 1875 to 1950.
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
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- Photo of L.E. Minisee taken in Franklin, Washington. He is standing with a horse pulling a cart on railroad tracks. Piles of lumber are next to the tracks.
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
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- Group of unidentified people outside with women standing in the back and men and children seated on the ground.
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
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- Photograph of two women with a horse team at the Bill Weaver Camp. One may be Minnie Weaver or Lynn Cummings Weaver. Photo from the historical collection of Marguerite Jackson.
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
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- Image of James Minisee, a freeman who moved his family from New York in 1866 and settled in West Michigan.
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- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
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- Dr. Robert Claytor speaking to an unidentified group.
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
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- Group of unidentified loggers, with logging equipment.
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- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
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- Photograph of Lydia Brown, Block Chairman for the Grand Rapids Urban League, seen at the center, along with two adults and two children during Clean-up Week.
- Date Created:
- 1949-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
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- Photograph of Ray Minisee, the son of George Henry Minisee and Helen Thompson.
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
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- Photograph of Dr. Robert Claytor, the first black physician to gain admitting privileges at St. Mary's Hospital and co-founder of the Brough Community Association, which evolved into the Grand Rapids Urban League.
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
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- Image of Floyd Skinner speaking with Walter Coe seated to his right.
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
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- Photograph of Joseph Lett's lumber camp in Mecosta Co.
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)