Mississippi Historic photos, documents, and people

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Allison's Wells is a hill-top grove overlooking a lake and all buildings are air-cooled... You'll enjoy famous Allison's meals.

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Some of the girls (not the youngest) working at the Priscilla Knitting Mills, Meridian, Miss. Location: Meridian, Mississippi.

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Bessie Thompson, a tiny "helper" in the Barataria Canning Compnay. See other photos and labels. Location: Biloxi, Mississippi.

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Sharecroppers' families gathering needs for their 4th of July celebration, whites and blacks together. Hill House, Mississippi

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Pascagoula Motor Courts -- Pascagoula, Miss. -- Gulf Coast U.S. 90, new cottages -- Located 1/2 miles east in city limits

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Force working in West Point (Miss.) Cotton Mills. (See Succeeding photos and labels.) Location: West Point, Mississippi.

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Force working in West Point (Miss.) Cotton Mills. (See succeeding photos and labels.) Location: West Point, Mississippi.

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Noon hour. Two of the young doffer-boys working in the Laurel Cotton Mills, Laurel, Miss. Location: Laurel, Mississippi.

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A young spinner in Yazoo City (Miss) Yarn Mills. Said he was thirteen, but doubtful. Location: Yazoo City, Mississippi.