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Photograph of M.M. Lewey
Photograph of Matthew Lewey. Lewey edited and published the Florida Sentinel, the first African-American newspaper in the state. Pensacola served as Lewey's base of operations for about 20 years. Lewey also heavily promoted African-American…
Advertisement for D.J. Cunningham's Grocery
Advertisement for Daniel J. Cunningham's Family Grocery on the corner of Tarragona and Romana Streets.
Photograph of Dr. Booker T. Washington
Photograph of Booker T. Washington from the tenth annual edition of the Florida Sentinel.
Photograph, "Negro stevedore, with lumber on shoulder, New Orleans, Louisiana"
Picture of an African American stevedore working at a New Orleans dock.
Photograph of John Sunday, Jr.
Photograph of John Sunday, Jr. who served in the Florida Legislature in 1874.
President Booker T. Washington and Corresponding Secretary Emmett J. Scott, of the National Negro Business League
Photograph of Booker T. Washington and Emmett J. Scott from the tenth annual edition of the Florida Sentinel.
Deed from Louis Baley to Georgiana Goodloe
A deed transferring ownership of a property from Louis Baley to Georgiana Goodloe (Ezra Gerry's mother) on 27 July 1898.
Negro stevedore carrying lumber on his head, New Orleans, Louisiana
A photograph of an African American stevedore carrying lumber.
Photograph of SS Cumberland, later renamed SS Larchmont
Image of the Larchmont
Article, "Pensacola Man Drowned"
Article about the discovery of Ezra Gerry's body from the wreck of the Larchmont