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Earl B. Dickerson photographs

Includes photographs related to the career of Earl Burrus Dickerson, a Chicago area businessman, president of Supreme Liberty Life Insurance Company, and politician. Dickerson is shown at banquets, at his desk, and with groups of men and women. Several photographs show Dickerson with Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall at a civil liberties program held at an Elks convention in 1954.

Dates: 1939-1985   |   Extent: 17 photographic prints : b&w ; 8 x 10 in or smaller.; 2 photographic prints : b&w ; 13 1/4 x 8 in.; 7 photographic prints : col. ; 3 x 5 in. or smaller.
Archives: Chicago History Museum

Morris Williams family photograph collection

Includes visual materials related to the Morris Williams family, an African American family that came to Chicago (Ill.) in the 1920s. Includes two portraits of L. K. Williams, pastor of Olivet Baptist Church (Ill.), and a group portrait of members of the church including Willa. One halftone print shows the church. One portrait shows the Williams family, Morris and Annie,

Dates: 1930-1949   |   Extent: 17 photographic prints : b&w ; 8 x 10 in. or smaller.; 1 photographic print : hand col. ; 8 x 10 in.; 2 photomechanical prints : halftone photomechanical print ; 10 x 14 in. or smaller.; 1 album (including 2 cartes de visite, 4 tintypes) ; 5 x 7 in.
Archives: Chicago History Museum