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Black and white print. Depicts 31 people standing outside of HQB in two rows. Some of them are wearing period costumes. Janabelle Taylor and Alice S. Onque are present. A handwritten caption reads as follows:

Mrs. Williams. 99 years old, front left, bottom row. N. B. Johnson, the originator of the Cake Walk.

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Black and white print depicting Mrs. Lula Anderson about to take a bite out of a turkey leg.

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Black and white print. Depicts serval seniors sitting at a formal table, eating.

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Color print.

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Black and white print. Depicts elders sitting at tables in the HQB auditorium at 553 Aurora Ave, drinking beverages from porcelain cups.

Scope and Contents An excerpt from the newspaper clipping reads as follows: The Golden Agers of the Hallie Q. Brown Community Center had their 20th Annual Thanksgiving dinner Tuesday, November 21 at Martin Luther King Center. Enjoying the event were members and their guests and also the Senior Citizens of Dayton Presbyterian Church as guests. About 250 attended with the Royal Party of the Senior Citizens Winter Carnival in full color regalia. ...Mrs. Patton presented corsages to the...

Scope and Contents Newspaper clipping features illustrations of 12 women, with a small paragraph of their most notable accomplishments. Written in the upper right corner, in blue ink is the following: These are only a few such women. The women featured in the newspaper clipping are listed as follows: Coretta Scott King; Eva Jefferson; Mahalia Jackson; Shirley Chisholm; Patricia Harris; Angela Davis; Mary McLeod Bethune; Harriet Tubman; Fannie Lou Hamer; Lorraine Hansberry;...

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Newspaper article was written by Betty Roney. An excerpt reads as follows:

Given by the community center's Golden Agers Club, the 21st annual Thanksgiving dinner in the building at 553 Aurora Ave., get under way at noon when guests were seated at tables decorated with pine cone and styrofoam turkeys, with each place setting marked by a small gift.

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An excerpt from the newspaper clipping reads as follows:

St. Paul Senior Citizens came to Belle Plaine to view Leo Albrecht's carved chariot and horses. About 50 members from Hallie Q. Brown Community House drove here in a bus and minibus. Albrecht had told them about his carving when he made an acrobatic performance in St. Paul earlier. Holding the reins is Mrs. Patton, director of senior citizens at Brown.

Scope and Contents An excerpt from the newspaper clipping, written by Mrs. Dewey Jackson, reads as follows: The Golden Agers of Hallie Q. Brown Community Center had a busy and joyous holiday season. On Dec. 18 they were dinner guests of Dayton Avenue Presbyterian Church. An entertaining program, complete with Santa Claus, and a turkey dinner filled the bill. ...On December 21, some of the Golden Agers were guests of the Retired Men's CLub at a dinner party in the Martin Luther King...