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Drawn image of Richard Allen the Founder of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. This denomination spread to many locations in the United States including Pensacola.

Photograph of Daniel J. Cunningham. Cunningham started his grocery business around 1898. By 1904, he estimated his yearly sales to be between $25,000 and $30,000, an impressive amount for this time.

Photograph of Booker T. Washington from the tenth annual edition of the Florida Sentinel.

Photograph of Dr. Henry G. Williams. Dr. Williams was one of Pensacola's four black physicians in 1904. He also owned and operated a popular drug store.

Photograph of John Sunday, Jr. who served in the Florida Legislature in 1874.

Photograph of John Sunday Jr.'s house. John Sunday Jr. was a prominent merchant and real estate dealer in Pensacola. The 1904 annual issue of the Florida Sentinel published this photograph of Sunday's house to show that many African Americans created…

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…

McDavid’s Boarding House is an example of the architectual style for boarding houses in Pensacola during the early 1900s. There were a few boarding houses in Ezra Gerry's neighborhoods. It is quite possible that Gerry could have walked past such a…

Still image of the aftermath of the Pensacola fire of 1880 on Palafox Street.

Image of the Larchmont