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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…

History of Trinity Church and its grave yard...

This primal book proves that there in fact is a grave for Charlotte Temple. "Crossing the path, and near to Broadway, is a large brown tomb-stone,…

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…

How the Middle Classes and the Poor Live in Boston.

This primary source is about reports giving about families and harsh living conditions that took place in Boston. Most of these families where middle…

In a Bachelor's Sky-Parlor: ..The Decorator and Furnisher

This article from Current Literature describes the decor and style of a bachelor apartment in New York City that over looks Long Island and New…

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…

IN TOWNS & COUNTRY: Holiday Week Dances

This article talks about holiday dances that have been thrown in young ladies’ honor. One of the girl’s parties was said to be thrown at Sherry’s.…

Just before a church meeting at a Negro church in Heard County, Georgia

This photo was published around 42 years before the publication of the novel 'The Color Purple'. The picture includes a church and a few black people…

Law Intelligence

This source is an article about a man by the name of Mr. Priestley who married a young girl only 17 years old, which eventually she was taken away…

Letter from California Life in San Francisco

This news article is a print of Benj. Orrick from mines of California during the Gold Rush. Orrick talks about how its easy to make cash there but the…