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A picture of the Gilliam home, a historic home in Frenchtown, Tallahassee, located on West Brevard Street near Copeland. The image was provided by Darryl Gilliam Scott.
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George Madison "Mack" Gardner and his son, Willie Gardner, Sr. sit on the porch of their country store, which operated into the 1960s and was located at the corner of Gardner and Meridian roads in Tallahassee, Florida. The Gardners were a prominent African American family in Tallahassee. Mack began as a sharecropper and, by the turn of the 20th century, came to own hundreds of acres off North Meridian Road, as well as property in the Frenchtown neighborhood of Tallahassee.
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A photograph of the Gallon Heating and Cooling building, located on Gamble Street in Tallahassee, Florida.
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A picture of several businesses on a historic 500 block in Macomb street in Frenchtown, Tallahassee. These include the Economy Drugstore, Gilliam's barbershop and a restaurant.
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The former building of Charles Stevens' and Millard Williams' medical practice, located on Georgia and Macomb Street in Tallahassee.
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A picture of the first Chandler's Restaurant to serve African Americans, located on South Adams Street in Tallahassee, Florida.
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Images of the former Baker's Pharmacy located on Adams Street in Tallahassee, Florida. Opened in 1958, it was one of the few places that provided service to African Americans during the Jim Crow Era. In 2005, the building was demolished.
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A picture of Forbes Garage in Tallahassee, Florida. It was formerly owned and operated by Leonard Forbes, Jr., and was located on Wahnish Way.
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A picture of the building that formerly housed the Atlanta Life Insurance Company in Tallahassee (Fla.). Since then, it has become a religious center.
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A picture of Atlanta Life Insurance Agents from Tallahassee. In the front row, second from the right, is Sam Howell, the first African American candidate for the Tallahassee City Commission, manager of the Atlanta Life Insurance Company, and husband to Aquilina Howell, the first black woman to serve as an assistant superintendent in Leon County.
