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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.
Woman, standing portrait; Photograph
"She's my great aunt, her name is Sarah Berry, and she's buried in our cemetery. She died in the teens, I think it was 1917, or something like that, from the influenza epidemic."
The Monarch Portland Cement Company; Photograph
"That's from the Ash Grove, Portland Cement Company, here in Ash Grove."
Older woman, standing portrait: Photograph
"That's a picture of Miss Fanny Murray in her old age."
Woman with cropped hair; Photograph
Olivia Murray as a young woman.
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."
Two sisters, children; Photograph
Charlene and Christine Dodd
Man in World War I uniform; Photograph
"That is a picture of my great-uncle Ellis, that was taken in World War I. He is the oldest son of William and Caroline Berry."
Long haired child in hat; Photograph
"That is Lloyd Yokum. Lloyd Yokum is the son of "Fireball" Yokum of the Kansas City Monarchs and of Miss Effie Yokum, who was the daughter of slaves. Both "Fireball" and Effie Yokum were the children of slaves and they lived in this town."