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University of North Carolina Asheville
Isaiah Rice Photograph Collection
The Isaiah Rice Photograph Collection contains a sample of over 1000 photographs that document the African-American community in Asheville, NC, from the late 1950s through the early 1970s. The Isaiah Rice Collection provides an important photographic record of Asheville’s African-American Community in the middle of the 20th Century.
Browse records (150)
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A man and a woman standing on the sidewalk, Asheville NC
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A man and a woman standing on the sidewalk,...
1959
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Parking officers and main having lunch in a diner
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Parking officers and main having lunch in a diner
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Photograph of a nun
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Photograph of a nun
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Men socializing outside a gas station, Asheville, NC
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Men socializing outside a gas station, Asheville,...
1960-05
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People on a street corner in "The Block," Asheville's African-American business district
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People on a street corner in "The Block,"...
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A man in a uniform at work
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A man in a uniform at work
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Women waiting to cross the street in downtown Asheville, NC
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Women waiting to cross the street in downtown...
1960
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Church Elders
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Church Elders
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Street scene in downtown Asheville
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Street scene in downtown Asheville
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Unidentified children
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Unidentified children
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School group
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School group
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Men talking at a fair
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Men talking at a fair
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Portrait of a man sitting in a chair
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Portrait of a man sitting in a chair
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YMI pharmacy, downtown Asheville
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YMI pharmacy, downtown Asheville
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Unidentified mother and child
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Unidentified mother and child
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A group of men outside a building in Asheville, 1958.
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A group of men outside a building in Asheville,...
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A man and a woman
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A man and a woman
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A young woman standing in a grocery store in Asheville, NC
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A young woman standing in a grocery store in...
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Parade, downtown Asheville, NC
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Parade, downtown Asheville, NC
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Two women and two children standing outside
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Two women and two children standing outside