Item #171: Korean Businesses, Annandale
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Newcomers to the United States have propelled diversity and the commercial and residential growth of the Braddock District. By 1999, the Korean...
Item #169: Library, Manassas Industrial School
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Students in the library of the Manassas Industrial School during the 1950s. Jennie Dean, born a slave in Prince William County, founded the Manassas...
Item #166: Manassas Industrial School, circa 1940
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Jennie Dean, born a slave in Prince William County, founded the Manassas Industrial School for Colored Youth in 1894. Originally a private boarding...
Item #164: Home of Moses Parker
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Moses Parker, a former slave who purchased his freedom, opened a blacksmith shop on Little River Turnpike with his partner, former slave, Horace...
Item #162: Blacksmith Shop, circa 1890
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Moses Parker and Horace Gibson, former slaves who purchased their freedom, moved to Fairfax County from Culpeper. They opened a blacksmith shop on the...
Item #161: Page Parker Family, circa 1887
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Page Augustus Parker and Matilda Gibson Parker and their daughters, Maude, Molly, and Alice, circa 1887. The couple took over the blacksmith shop...
Item #160: Cosmetology Class, Manassas Industrial School, 1950s
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Jennie Dean, born a slave in Prince William County, founded the Manassas Industrial School for Colored Youth. The school, a private facility which...
Item #159: Cheerleaders, Manassas Industrial School
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Jennie Dean, born a slave in Prince William County, founded the Manassas Industrial School for Colored Youth. The school, a private facility which...
Item #158: Carpentry class, Manassas Industrial School, circa 1961
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Jennie Dean, born a slave in Prince William County, founded the Manassas Industrial School for Colored Youth. The school, a private facility which...