Teacher and students sitting outside schoolhouse; Photograph
Photograph : Black and white
"That's a picture of school children from the Lincoln Elementary School, the Negro school, in Ash Grove, Missouri. My father [Junior Berry] is the boy on the front row with the black stockings on, and my grandmother used to always be so embarrassed by that picture because he has a hole in his stocking and she used to say that picture made the family look like they were not respectable.
Also numbered in that picture is my uncle Millard Berry, my uncle Lawrence Berry...my cousin Dehomer Carlock and also a family friend, Lloyd Yokum as well as Delmus Carlock's sister, the girl on the far left standing...
Ozarks Afro-American Heritage Museum
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[1920s-1930s]
Dorothy Berry
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Middle aged woman holding papers; Photograph
Photograph : Black and White
"That's a lady who lived in this town, that's one of my relatives, and I think that her [surname] is Carlock. They called her... I'm not sure. I've heard her referred to as Faye Carlock...she was one of the Carlock ladies. Basically what I've heard her referred to as is Ms. Carlock...and she lived in Ash Grove and she was, perhaps, the mother of Delmus Carlock."
Ozarks Afro-American Heritage Museum
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[1920s-1930s?]
Dorothy Berry
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Woman in white wide brim hat; Photograph
Photograph : Black and White
"That's Miss Olivia Murray when she was young...Olivia Murray, born 1897, died 1991."
Ozarks Afro-American Heritage Museum
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[1920s-1930s?]
Dorothy Berry
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Man in fedora and overcoat; Photograph
Photograph : Black and White
Unknown man, photograph from the estate of Olivia Murray of Ash Grove, Missouri.
Ozarks Afro-American Heritage Museum
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[1920s-1930s?]
Dorothy Berry
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Oval Portrait of Man in Suit; Photograph
Photograph : Black and White
Unknown man, photograph from the estate of Olivia Murray of Ash Grove, Missouri.
Ozarks Afro-American Heritage Museum
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[1920s-1930s?]
Dorothy Berry
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Topsy-Turvy doll
Object : Toy
Topsy-turvy doll. Though not from the Ozarks, representative of a style of doll popularized in areas where Black children and White children interacted. Traditionally one side would be White and one would be Black, thusly allowing children to play with dolls of both races.
This example has a lighter brown side and a black skinned side. The light skinned brown side has a satin head scarf and large skirts with felt flower decoration. The blouse is of a red trimmed lace. There is a tear on the left arm of the doll where the cotton filling has begun to show. The darker side has a red trimmed floral skirt, a white lace trimmed blouse and wool hair.
"My mom had a, my Grandma Berry had one that was the same doll, it was one of the dolls that was part of her dowry, it was sold to...it was sold to a local here in Ash Grove...and he didn't want to sell it. He bought it at a sale and didn't want to sell it...[Did he let you see it?] Oh yeah, and it was the same one."
From the collection of Nancy Arkin; Ozarks Afro-American Heritage Museum
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[1930s-1940s?]
Dorothy Berry
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