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The Imogene Theatre

After the Great Milton Fire of 1909 destroyed most of the downtown commercial district, there was a need for a new public auditorium in town. Thus, in 1912, the president of Milton’s First National Bank, Stephen J. Harvey, financed the ...

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Arches National Park

Visit Arches and discover a landscape of contrasting colors, landforms and textures unlike any other in the world. The park has over 2,000 natural stone arches, in addition to hundreds of soaring pinnacles, massive fins and giant balanced rocks. This ...

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East Gate Creek

West of the Tygh valley, the emigrants moved along a grassy ridge about 10 miles to Rock Creek, a tributary to the White River. From there they entered a small canyon at the east end of a half-mile long meadow, ...

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White River Station

The White River drainage begins on Mount Hood's southern flanks, with its headwaters draining the White River Glacier and flowing through White River Canyon, the steep canyon between Mount Hood's Timberline Lodge and the Mount Hood Meadows ski areas. The ...

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Wrought Iron Gate created by Philip Simmons

Local artisans crafted many of Charleston’s famous ornamental gates, like the gate pictured above by Philip Simmons. Decorative wrought-iron gates, fences, and railings are an integral part of Charleston’s identity, and the city’s African American craftsmen played a strong role ...

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Watches and locket belonging to Harry and Harriette Moore

These watches and locket belonged to Civil Rights activists Harry and Harriette Moore and were inside their Mims, Florida home the night they were murdered for civil rights activism. This couple’s personal items serve as a stark reminder that those ...

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Playbill for Ira Aldridge at the Theatre Royal

One of the most celebrated Shakespearean actors of the 19th century, American-born Ira Aldridge achieved fame on the stages of Europe, where he found professional opportunities that did not exist for black actors in the United States. This 1857 playbill ...

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Marian Anderson’s Outfit at 1939 Concert at the Lincoln Memorial.

On April 9, 1939, a crowd of more than 75,000 people gathered along the National Mall’s reflecting pool for an impromptu concert organized by the NAACP and the Department of the Interior. Before them, on the steps of the Lincoln ...

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Ecuadorian Boat Seat with Spider Web

This seat represents the shared connections between the cultures of the transatlantic slave trade in the Americas. Afro Ecuadorian Deborah Azareno sat on this boat seat as she traveled in canoes along the rivers of Ecuador’s coastal Esmeraldas province. She ...

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Cattle Branding Iron Used by the Bell Family

This cattle branding iron is more than a tool for marking livestock. In 1878, African American cattle rancher Calvin Bell registered his brand with the state of Texas, making it one of the first African American-owned brands registered there. Bell’s ...

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