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Car being serviced at two-story brick gas station on street

V. R. Smith Filling Station

White man with mustache in suit standing in room with fireplace

Single-story building and sidewalk on street

Valentine Diner

White umpire calling "safe" before two African-American baseball players

Horse drawn wagons on ferry boat on river

Van Buren Ferry

Statue of soldier on stone column with engraved pedestal on court house lawn

Van Buren Confederate Monument

Crossed flags and raised engraving on pedestal base

Van Buren Confederate Monument Detail

Raised engraving on pedestal base listing battle sites and dates

Van Buren Confederate Monument Detail

"To Our Beloved Confederate Dead" engraving on stone pedestal with state names on its base

Van Buren Confederate Monument Detail

Multistory stone building with framed entrance and flag poles on street corner

Van Buren County Courthouse

Two-story wooden building with brick outbuilding

Van Buren County Courthouse

"A Lynching" newspaper clipping

Van Buren County Lynching Article

"Van Buren County" map with borders roads cities national forest lake

Van Buren County Map

Gravel road over concrete bridge with trees on both sides

Van Buren County Road 2E Bridge

two-story brick building labeled, "King Opera House"

Van Buren Opera House

Crowd of white men with horse drawn wagons at single-story train depot building with outbuildings

Van Buren Peach Harvesters

Brick post office building with wheelchair ramp and railing

Van Buren Post Office

Front entrance and steps of brick post office building

Van Buren Post Office Entrance

White men and women with covered wagon pulled by oxen in painting above "Postmaster" door

Van Buren Post Office Art

African-American students with books and a sack lunch at school

Van Buren Desegregation

Courthouse with clock tower and surrounding buildings with trees and residents in the street

Van Buren Sketch by William Minor Quesenbury

Street with brick storefronts crosswalk and parked cars

Van Buren Street Scene

View from balcony looking out at horse drawn wagon on dirt road with multistory buildings on both sides

Van Buren Street Scene

Horse drawn carriages on dirt road with multistory buildings on both sides

Van Buren Street Scene

View looking street with multistory buildings on both sides

Van Buren Street Scene

Portrait painting white man balding curly hair side burns suit seated desk book quill paper

Martin Van Buren

Red flag with white moon and stars and text saying "Oak Hills NW 15 Ark Vol Elkhorn Corinth Hatchie Bridge"

Van Dorn Pattern Battle Flag

Portrait white man wavy hair mustache military uniform seated posing hands on lap

White woman and man with guitar singing

Jerry Van Dyke in McLintock!

White man in suit and sunglasses and white woman in black dress at crowded outdoor event

Stone bridge with circular openings under it across small river surrounded by green trees

Van Winkle Trail

White students and teachers posing for a group photo outside single-story school house

Vandervoort School

old black and white photo of church building with bell tower and trees

Vandervoort Methodist Church

young white woman and blond girl sitting on the platform in front of a small brick building with a white door

Vandervoort Post Office

People standing on porch or wooden storefront behind horse and buggy

Vandervoort Grocery

Woman and child standing before single story building

Vandervoort School

Large group of adults and children posing in front of wooden building

Vandervoort School

Men standing around large cylindrical structure next to body of water

Vandervoort Spillway

Man driving wagon and team of horses near wooden storefronts

Vandervoort Street Scene

Dirt road with wooden storefronts

Vandervoort Street Scene

side view of White man with long beard in military uniform

William Vandever

White man with beard standing in suit with his arm behind his back

William Vandever

Single-story buildings and power lines on two-lane rural road

Single-story building with covered driveway with "Vapors" sign and white couple dancing on advertisement flyer

Postcard featuring exterior and interior views of nightclub

Vapors Postcard

Single-story building with drive-through entrance and sign reading "Tower of Strength Ministries"

Vapors, Former Location

A. Two men at natural spring
B. Spring under brick arch
C. Spring with roof and steps
D. Spring pool
E. Gazebo over spring

Various Springs

White man with bat in Pittsburgh Pirates uniform

“Arky” Vaughan

White man in uniform number 21 sliding onto base

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