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Quilt with bonnet girl pattern

White cotton quilt divided in squares by wide peach colored bands. Each square is decorated with a bonnet girl pattern in a variety of calicos.
Triplett Family, Woman; Portrait
Charcoal portrait of African American woman. She is wearing a dark colored dress with a high ruffled neck. This portrait from around the 1900s.
Triplett Family, Two Male Children; Portrait
Charcoal portrait of two young boys. The boy on the left appears to be younger, and is wearing a white shirt and a collared jacket. The boy on the right is wearing a button down shirt and a buttoned jacket.
Triplett Family, Male and Female; Portrait
Charcoal portrait of a man and woman in formal dress. The man is on the left, wearing a black suit. The woman is on the right and slightly in front of the man, with a fashionable hairstyle decorated with a bow and a neckbow as well.
Topsy-Turvy doll
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…
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."
Three waiters in train car; Photograph
"That's some of the series of the Glenn Johnson pictures...[he's] in the middle"
Three men sitting at train station; Photograph
Unknown candid photos of men working as Pullman Porters and on the railroads, from the collection of Glenn Johnson.