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Mississippi Collection

Background imageMississippi Collection: Map of Southern States USA 1895

Map of Southern States USA 1895
The Rand-McNally Grammar School Geography 1895 - Chicago & New York

Background imageMississippi Collection: Martin Luther King Jr. Leading Civil Rights March

Martin Luther King Jr. Leading Civil Rights March
Martin Luther King, Jr

Background imageMississippi Collection: Map of Southern States USA 1877

Map of Southern States USA 1877
Warrens Common School Geography 1877

Background imageMississippi Collection: Early African Americans Surviving with Merriment near Workers on Dock

Early African Americans Surviving with Merriment near Workers on Dock
(Original Caption) Mississippi: Scene on Mississippi Wharf

Background imageMississippi Collection: Southern Refugee Families Camping

Southern Refugee Families Camping
(Original Caption) Southern refugees encamping in the woods near Vicksburg, 1863

Background imageMississippi Collection: Afro-American Murderers Being Burned

Afro-American Murderers Being Burned
(Original Caption) "A frightful scene near Omega Landing, Miss.- Negro murderers burned at the stake by a mob of their own race." Woodcut, 1868

Background imageMississippi Collection: General View Of Huge Crowd at Boxing Match

General View Of Huge Crowd at Boxing Match
(Original Caption) 7/8/1889-Richburg, Mississippi- Last bareknuckle fight, John L. Sullivan against Jack Kilrain, Richburg, MS, July 8th, 1889

Background imageMississippi Collection: Mississippi Steamboat In Active Form

Mississippi Steamboat In Active Form
(Original Caption) Mississippi steamboat, the pargoud, a passenger and freight boat; stern-wheeler, active form 1884-1898

Background imageMississippi Collection: Boy Working at Saw Mill

Boy Working at Saw Mill
(Original Caption) Child labor- This boy works in a saw mill in Miss. He runs along the "rollers", keeping the cut lumber from getting stuck or derailed

Background imageMississippi Collection: Engraving of La Salle Claiming The Mississippi

Engraving of La Salle Claiming The Mississippi
(Original Caption) La Salle claims the Mississippi Valley for France. Undated engraving

Background imageMississippi Collection: Fernando De Soto Engraving

Fernando De Soto Engraving
Portrait of Fernando De Soto. Engraving

Background imageMississippi Collection: Steamboat Race

Steamboat Race
(Original Caption) The Champions of the Mississippi. "A Race for the Buckhorns." Steamboat Race. Lithograph by Currier and Ives, 1866

Background imageMississippi Collection: Engraving by J.J. Cade After Fleeing from the Land of Bondage by Felix Octavius Carr Darley

Engraving by J.J. Cade After Fleeing from the Land of Bondage by Felix Octavius Carr Darley
ORIGINAL CAPTION READS: "Fleeing form the land of bondage

Background imageMississippi Collection: Hunters Posing with Large Alligator

Hunters Posing with Large Alligator
(Original Caption) This alligator was ten feet long. The hunters shown beside it shot it fourteen times with twelve gauge guns, and then killed it with a hatchet

Background imageMississippi Collection: Exterior View of Edgewater Gulf Hotel

Exterior View of Edgewater Gulf Hotel
(Original Caption) View of the new Edgewater Gulf Hotel located on the Mississippi gulf coast between Gulfport and Biloxi

Background imageMississippi Collection: River Flood Waters Wash Around Rr Trestl

River Flood Waters Wash Around Rr Trestl
(Original Caption) 4/27/1927-Shaw, MS-Photo shows the wild flood waters rushing about a railraod trestle on the Yazoo, a Mississippi Valley Railroad

Background imageMississippi Collection: Japanese American Officer Instructing Trainees

Japanese American Officer Instructing Trainees
(Original Caption) Camp Shelby

Background imageMississippi Collection: Picking Cotton on the Mississippi Delta

Picking Cotton on the Mississippi Delta
(Original Caption) Picture shows people picking cotton on the Mississippi Delta

Background imageMississippi Collection: Family Leaving Flood Ravaged Area for Safety

Family Leaving Flood Ravaged Area for Safety
(Original Caption) Residents of Northern Mississippi who had been driven from their homes by floods are shown leaving Marks, Mississippi, on a railroad motor car

Background imageMississippi Collection: African American Mother And Children

African American Mother And Children
(Original Caption) 6/1938-MS: African American mother with baby and three small children seated on the front porch of a cabin with belongings piled around her

Background imageMississippi Collection: Japanese Troops Arrive at Training Center

Japanese Troops Arrive at Training Center
(Original Caption) 4/1943-Camp Shelby, MS: Japanese American troops: Their first look at their new training center at Camp Shelby, MS. Doesn't scare these boys. They arrived Wednesday A.M

Background imageMississippi Collection: Soldiers Singing and Dancing

Soldiers Singing and Dancing
(Original Caption) Hawaiian-born Japanese/American soldiers assigned to headquarters C, Camp Shelby, Mississippi, put on several native Hawaiian song and dance shows for photographer

Background imageMississippi Collection: Soldiers Singing and Dancing

Soldiers Singing and Dancing
(Original Caption) Hawaiian-born Japanese/American soldiers assigned to headquarters C, Camp Shelby, Mississippi, put on several native Hawaiian song and dance shows for photographer

Background imageMississippi Collection: Theodore G. Bilbo Giving Speech

Theodore G. Bilbo Giving Speech
(Original Caption) Coatless and red-suspendered Senator Theodore G

Background imageMississippi Collection: Theodore G. Bilbo Giving Speech

Theodore G. Bilbo Giving Speech
(Original Caption) Coatless and red-suspendered Senator Theodore G

Background imageMississippi Collection: Ferry Boat On The Mississippi River

Ferry Boat On The Mississippi River
(Original Caption) New Orleans, LA: Ferryboat on the Mississippi in New Orleans. Undated Photo

Background imageMississippi Collection: Women Standing In Cotton Factory Doorway

Women Standing In Cotton Factory Doorway
(Original Caption) Female factory workers stand in the doorway of a cotton mill in Mc Comb City, circa 1890

Background imageMississippi Collection: Front View Of An Antebellum Mansion

Front View Of An Antebellum Mansion
(Original Caption) Natchez, MS: "Melrose, " antebellum home. Melrose is owned by Mrs. G. N. D. Kelly and was built in 1845

Background imageMississippi Collection: Emigrants Heading West At The River

Emigrants Heading West At The River
Emigrants arriving at the Mississippi River side from setlement in the Hinterland. Described by Charles Dickens in "American Notes"

Background imageMississippi Collection: Wooding Up on the Mississippi

Wooding Up on the Mississippi
(Original Caption) Currier and Ives illustration entitled "'WOODING UP ON THE MISSISSIPPI, " depicting men loading timber onto a riverboat. Lithograph, 1863

Background imageMississippi Collection: Mississippi Flat-Boat Sailing On River

Mississippi Flat-Boat Sailing On River
(Original Caption) Mississippi flat-boat

Background imageMississippi Collection: Illust.;African Am Man And Woman On Farm

Illust.;African Am Man And Woman On Farm
(Original Caption) "Mississipp- The office of a Negro Justice of the Peace on the Richardson Plantations at Refuge.'" Undated illustration

Background imageMississippi Collection: Emmett Till

Emmett Till is shown lying on his bed

Background imageMississippi Collection: Mississippi Cotton Plantation

Mississippi Cotton Plantation
(Original Caption) 2/12/1954-Mississippi: Cotton plantation

Background imageMississippi Collection: Emmett Till

Emmett Till
Young Emmett Till wears a hat. Chicago native Emmett Till was brutally murdered in Mississippi after flirting with a white woman

Background imageMississippi Collection: Kennedy Gets Award; Joan Crawford In Bac

Kennedy Gets Award; Joan Crawford In Bac
(Original Caption) 4/20/1959-Washington, DC: Senator John F. Kennedy of Massachsetts receives a citation from Alfred N. Steele as Mrs. Steele (Joan Crawford) applauds. Mr

Background imageMississippi Collection: Attacker Standing Over Reporter Tom Hayden

Attacker Standing Over Reporter Tom Hayden
(Original Caption) Freelance reporter Tom Hayden tries to pick himself up as his assailant, identified by police as Carl Hayes, 28, stands over him with clenched fists

Background imageMississippi Collection: William Faulkner at University of Virginia

William Faulkner at University of Virginia
(Original Caption) 7/6/1962-Oxford, MS: William Faulkner (1962 file photo), 64, Nobel prize-winning author, died at his home here July 6th, of a heart attack

Background imageMississippi Collection: Army Trucks Arrive at University of Mississippi

Army Trucks Arrive at University of Mississippi
A US Army convoy moves past fraternity houses at the University of Mississippi as marshals arrive to enforce a Federal Court allowing African American James Meredith to enroll at the university

Background imageMississippi Collection: J Rauh Addresses Committee;Ms Freedom Pa

J Rauh Addresses Committee;Ms Freedom Pa
(Original Caption) 8/22/1964-Chicago, IL-: Convention Hall

Background imageMississippi Collection: Fannie Lou Hamer and Mr. and Mrs. Schwerner

Fannie Lou Hamer and Mr. and Mrs. Schwerner
The protest outside of Convention hall over seating of Mississippi delegates

Background imageMississippi Collection: Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party at the 1964 Convention

Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party at the 1964 Convention
Rev. Edwin King, Fannie Lou Hamer, and Annie Devine, co-founders of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, are seated with the Michigan Delegation at the 1964 Democratic Convention

Background imageMississippi Collection: Oldest Man in the United States

Oldest Man in the United States
(Original Caption) Collins, Miss.: Sylvester (Slave) Maggee, a former slave who served in the Union Army during the Civil War

Background imageMississippi Collection: Old Man Lighting Oil Lamp

Old Man Lighting Oil Lamp
(Original Caption) Collins, Miss.: Sylvester (Slave) Maggee, a former slave who served in the Union Army during the Civil War

Background imageMississippi Collection: Deputies Lead Away Murder Suspect

Deputies Lead Away Murder Suspect
(Original Caption) 6/3/1965-Tylertown, MS- Under arrest in ambush shooting of two Louisiana Deputy Sherrifs, and killing Deputy O'Neal is Ernest Ray McElveen, 41 (r) of Bogalusa, LA

Background imageMississippi Collection: Boats Evacuating Flooded Streets

Boats Evacuating Flooded Streets
(Original Caption) 9/11/1965-Arabi, LA: Boats

Background imageMississippi Collection: Patrolmen with Gas Masks

Patrolmen with Gas Masks
(Original Caption) Highway Patrolmen wearing gas masks stand at the ready minutes before they cleared the street leading to Alcorn A&M College late April 5th

Background imageMississippi Collection: Martin Luther King Marching with Others

Martin Luther King Marching with Others
(Original Caption) Colwater, Miss.: Martin Luther (2nd-L) and marchers resume their march through Mississippi at the Colwater River Bridge

Background imageMississippi Collection: Stokely Carmichael at Mississippi Freedom March

Stokely Carmichael at Mississippi Freedom March
Stokely Carmichael, the Non-violent Coordinating Committee Chairman, participates in the Mississippi Freedom March in Sardis, Mississippi

Background imageMississippi Collection: Man Hoisted on Shoulders of Marchers

Man Hoisted on Shoulders of Marchers
Freedom marchers carry a man believed to be 106 years old on their shoulders after the man registered to vote in a Panala County Courthouse on June 11, 1966

Background imageMississippi Collection: Dr. Martin L. King Leading Crowd into March

Dr. Martin L. King Leading Crowd into March
(Original Caption) Dr Martin Luther King Jr, (C) leads his "Mississippi Freedom Marchers" into Yalobusha county

Background imageMississippi Collection: Dr. Martin L. King and Followers Marching in Mississippi

Dr. Martin L. King and Followers Marching in Mississippi
(Original Caption) Dr. Martin Luther King Jr

Background imageMississippi Collection: Plantation Workers Greeting Marchers

Plantation Workers Greeting Marchers
Freedom marches march past workers on a plantation in Mississippi during a march to increase African -American voter registration in 1966

Background imageMississippi Collection: Martin L. King Biting Into Chicken Leg

Martin L. King Biting Into Chicken Leg
(Original Caption) 6/18/1966-Itta Rena, MS: Civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King bites into a piece of chicken during a lunch break on the Mississippi freedom march

Background imageMississippi Collection: Freedom Marchers Passing A Truck

Freedom Marchers Passing A Truck
(Original Caption) GREENWOOD, MISS: Freedom marchers pass a truck laden with cotton as they continue their walk to Jackson

Background imageMississippi Collection: Marlon Brando Speaking at March

Marlon Brando Speaking at March
(Original Caption) Actor Marlon Brando speaks before a crowd of some 5, 000 civil rights marchers who attended a show prior to their march on the state capitol in Jackson. Looking on at left is Dr

Background imageMississippi Collection: Martin Luther King Walking with Freedom Marchers

Martin Luther King Walking with Freedom Marchers
(Original Caption) James Meredith who suffered wounds from a sniper 6/6 holds a walking conference with Dr. Martin Luther King here 6/25

Background imageMississippi Collection: Martin Luther King Walking with James Meredith

Martin Luther King Walking with James Meredith
(Original Caption) James Meredith who suffered wounds from a sniper 6/6 holds a walking conference with Dr. Martin Luther King here 6/25

Background imageMississippi Collection: Child Drinking Water from Pipe

Child Drinking Water from Pipe
(Original Caption) Belzoni, Miss.: Negro children, who live on "Lady Bird Ave." demonstrate the poverty-ridden conditions founding this section of Mississippi

Background imageMississippi Collection: James Meredith Protesting for Civil Rights

James Meredith Protesting for Civil Rights
(Original Caption) Supported by two friends, James Meredith walks toward Grenada, Mississippi, on June 27th, as he continues his "March Against Fear."

Background imageMississippi Collection: Poverty in America: Shacks in Belzoni, Mississippi 1967

Poverty in America: Shacks in Belzoni, Mississippi 1967
A car sits on the road in front of wooden shacks on Lady Bird Avenue. The houses have outhouses and share a communal water pump. Belzoni, Mississippi, July 22, 1967

Background imageMississippi Collection: Charles Evers Speaking Before Crowd

Charles Evers Speaking Before Crowd
(Original Caption) Charles Evers, 48, stood on the steps of a white structure and told the crowd of blacks gathered before him that he was going to be the next governor of Mississippi

Background imageMississippi Collection: Jackson Attorney, Bill Waller

Jackson Attorney, Bill Waller
Jackson attorney, Bill Waller flashes the victory sign to the crowd gathered outside his headquarters after the announcement of his winning the Mississippi gubernatorial race tonight

Background imageMississippi Collection: Funeral Services for Fannie Lou Hamer

Funeral Services for Fannie Lou Hamer
Funeral services were held for Fannie Lou Hamer of Ruleville, one-time sharecropper who became a leader in the Mississippi civil rights movement in the 1960's

Background imageMississippi Collection: Rock-Laying Machine

Rock-Laying Machine
In order to protect the Tenn-tom's banks against waves from tugs and barges, a special machine lays rip rap, or rocks. | Location: Iuka, Mississippi, USA

Background imageMississippi Collection: The Forest

The Forest
" The forests on the banks of the Mississippi. Engraving from 1870. Engraving by Gustave Dore, Photo by D Walker."

Background imageMississippi Collection: Marquette and Joliet discovering the Mississippi

Marquette and Joliet discovering the Mississippi

Background imageMississippi Collection: Battle of Belmont

Battle of Belmont
Vintage engraving from 1863 of a map of the Battle of Belmont which was fought on November 7, 1861, in Mississippi County, Missouri. It was the first combat test in the American Civil War for Brig

Background imageMississippi Collection: Map of Kentucky and Tennessee

Map of Kentucky and Tennessee - Scanned 1886 Map

Background imageMississippi Collection: Map of Southern states USA 1883

Map of Southern states USA 1883
Warrens Common School Geography

Background imageMississippi Collection: Antique Map of Eastern USA

Antique Map of Eastern USA
Antique Map from 1867 of Eastern United States of America

Background imageMississippi Collection: USA Southern states map 1889

USA Southern states map 1889
Indiana Educational Series The Complete Geography - Indianapolis 1889

Background imageMississippi Collection: Drawing Map of Southern states USA 1883

Drawing Map of Southern states USA 1883
Warrens Common School Geography

Background imageMississippi Collection: United States 1852 Map

United States 1852 Map

Background imageMississippi Collection: Antquie Map of the United States

Antquie Map of the United States
Vintage map of the United States of America from 1837

Background imageMississippi Collection: United States South East map 1897

United States South East map 1897
The World-Wide Atlas of Modern Geography, Political and Physical W. & A.K. Johnston - London 1897

Background imageMississippi Collection: Southern states western division 1889

Southern states western division 1889
Indiana Educational Series The Complete Geography - Indianapolis 1889

Background imageMississippi Collection: Map Engravings

Map Engravings
Fine Art Storehouse Maps: Map Engravings

Background imageMississippi Collection: Mississippi steamboats alongside the Levee, New Orleans

Mississippi steamboats alongside the Levee, New Orleans
Vintage engraving of Mississippi steamboats alongside the Levee, New Orleans, 19th Century

Background imageMississippi Collection: Arkansas Louisiana Pississippi map 1881

Arkansas Louisiana Pississippi map 1881
Coltons Common School Geography 1881 New York Sheldon and Co

Background imageMississippi Collection: United States area: Acquisition and transfer of territory 1780 to 1870

United States area: Acquisition and transfer of territory 1780 to 1870
United States area: Acquisition and transfer of territory 1780 to1870

Background imageMississippi Collection: Southern States 1852 Map

Southern States 1852 Map

Background imageMississippi Collection: United States of America, States on Mississippi river, lithograph published 1878

United States of America, States on Mississippi river, lithograph published 1878
United States of America, States on the Mississippi river. Lithograph, published in 1878

Background imageMississippi Collection: The tributaries of the Mississippi engraving

The tributaries of the Mississippi engraving by Gustave Dore



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