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"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…

"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…

"That's Miss Olivia Murray when she was young...Olivia Murray, born 1897, died 1991."

Unknown man, photograph from the estate of Olivia Murray of Ash Grove, Missouri.

Unknown man, photograph from the estate of Olivia Murray of Ash Grove, Missouri.

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…

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