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Home of share-cropper Living near Merigold, Mississippi. Background Photo, Sunflower Plantation

This is a picture of standard living kitchen for people who lived in share-cropping place. I feel as though it resembles Pas house in the opening…

The Negro's Church

This book is an analytic study of the importance and content of black churches from both urban and rural areas. Mays and Nicholson, both prominent…

African American farms in Georgia

This still image provides an example of what Pa’s house might have looked like during the time period The Color Purple takes place. During this time…

Historic American Buildings Survey

This photograph is related to The Color Purple because it is shown as a description of the Mayors house. However, in the novel there is not an actual…

New York, New York. Street scene in Harlem

This is a photograph of a street scene in Harlem, New York in June of 1943. It is part of The Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information…

In Georgia/O’Neill Latham

The illustration by O’Neill is of an African American family living in Georgia. Some are trying and some are trying not to, watch Caucasian men…

THE HOUSING CONDITIONS IN BOSTON.1: POPULATION AND NUMBER OF DWELLING-HOUSES WITH PER CENT OF ANNUAL INCREASE.; Middle Class Homes of Boston

This article offers insight into the living conditions of middle class people living in Boston. The article gives a diagram of what a typical middle…

Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly, Volume 30 [excerpt]

This source is from one of Frank Leslie’s periodicals from July to December of 1890. Here he talks about “who was Charlotte Temple”. He goes in and…

Trinity Church After the Fire of 1776

A Sketching of the Trinity Church after the fire. In the photograph, you see the church where the front is burnt down and there is rubble from where…

The New York Horse Show

This item is from a monthly recreation magazine. It describes the wonders of the New York horse show. It describes the extravagant event that is…