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Young Woman; Photograph
"That's a picture of William and Caroline's daughter and her name was Della Berry, she also died in the 1910s from the influenza epidemic."
Young man; Photocopy of Photograph
Member of the Looney Family, said to be one of the men lynched in the 1906 Good Friday lynching of Springfield, Missouri. From the collection of John Freeman, a native of Ash Grove, Missouri.
Young Boy in White Dress; Photograph
"That is an unknown fellow, one of the relatives of Miss Olivia Murray. We think it's, perhaps, her nephew. We don't know anything else about it...This was given to me by a lady named Ms. Ruby Fletcher who was a white lady who lived in this town, and…
William Berry; Photograph
"That's William Berry's wedding photograph"
Two sisters, children; Photograph
Charlene and Christine Dodd
Toddler leaning on chair-back; Photograph
"That's Drucella Berry, that's my aunt. She was born around 1908 in Ash Grove..that's my dad's oldest sister. My grandma Berry was married in 1907 and a year later they had Drucella."
Teacher and students sitting outside schoolhouse; Photograph
"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…
Seated woman reading book; Photograph
"That's Caroline Boone-Berry, the daughter of Nathan Boone and the grand-daughter of Daniel Boone and my great-grandmother...That was taken, I would say, that that was taken...that's her wedding photograph and she was...born in 1849 and she was 17…
Oval Portrait of Man in Suit; Photograph
Unknown man, photograph from the estate of Olivia Murray of Ash Grove, Missouri.
Older woman, standing portrait: Photograph
"That's a picture of Miss Fanny Murray in her old age."