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Photograph, "Negro stevedores handling drums, New Orleans, Louisiana"
Picture of African American stevedores working at a New Orleans dock.
Photograph, "Negro stevedore, with lumber on shoulder, New Orleans, Louisiana"
Picture of an African American stevedore working at a New Orleans dock.
Photograph, "Negro stevedore with sack of oysters, Olga, Louisiana"
Picture of African American stevedore carrying a bag of oysters in Olga, Louisiana.
Photograph, "Ill-Fated Steamer and Map Showing Location of Disaster"
This is a photo of the Larchmont, and a location of where the disaster happened.
Photograph of the Old Chase and Old Bartrola Houses
These houses on West Zarragossa Street were down the street from where Ezra Gerry and his family lived in 1899. These are examples of Gulf Coast Cottage architecture, a style that was popular in Pensacola in the mid- to late-nineteenth century.
Photograph of the crew of the British ship Rathdown
A picture showing the integration of sailing vessels during the late 1800s. This shows that all skin colors could work on a boat as long they could do the work required.
Photograph of the Confederate Monument, Pensacola, Florida
Photograph of the Confederate Monument in Lee Square, Pensacola. The panels of the monument mention Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederate States of America; Captain Edward Aylesworth Perry; Stephen R. Mallory, secretary of the navy of the…
Photograph of stevedores unloading a ship
Wood engraving print of stevedores/longshoremen loading a ship in a New York port.
Photograph of SS Cumberland, later renamed SS Larchmont
Image of the Larchmont
Photograph of Palafox Street, 1880
Still image of the aftermath of the Pensacola fire of 1880 on Palafox Street.