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African American

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irisblue

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Sat Nov 29, 2025, 06:12 PM Saturday

An American Community of Color: Beaver Brook, Massachusetts 1897-1917 [View all]

https://flashbak.com/american-community-color-beaver-brook-massachusetts-1897-1917-396444/


Snip-"William Bullard toured his native Worcester, Massachusetts, by bicycle as a professional photographer. From 1897 to 1917, Bullard, who was white, took portraits of his predominantly black and Native American neighbors in Beaver Brook. He kept notes on his sitters, and thanks to the work of students at Clark University, we can link names to the subjects"

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