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Picture of "Overseas Club" featured in the section of the yearbook with similar pictures of men in clubs based on the region they are from (i.e. Eastern Shore Club, Buckingham County Club). An African-American man in casual dress is sitting in front…

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This page, drawn from the junior class section of the 1925 yearbook, includes the names, photos, and descriptions of the students who were part of the junior class. The page includes photos of K. “King” Mok and P.L. “Mok” Mok, who are both from the…

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The character that is drawn on the top-left corner of the "Senior-Her Book" is a representation of a black woman working as a maid. This drawing of the black woman is drawn in a "blackface" manner based on her facial features, which highlight the…

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This drawing appearing in the "Jokes" section of the 1925 yearbook that includes images of blacks as students that depict would-be black student similar to the way white students would be described (namely calling freshman "rats" and depicting a…

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Of the eleven photos on the page, there is one in the middle of an African-American man. He appears to be better dressed than other African-Americans in other yearbooks. Contrary to other photos of African-Americans in other yearbooks, this man does…

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This page, drawn from the senior class section of the 1927 yearbook, includes the photos, names, and descriptions of the students of the senior class. This page includes a photograph and description of Poon Lam Mok from Canton, China. He was member…

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This page is one of many showing photos and descriptions of junior year students. The second student on the page (from the top) is To Sham Cheung, who is from Canton, China. He is the only student Asian student present in all of the class rosters.…

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This page, drawn from the senior class section of the 1927 yearbook, includes the photos, names, and descriptions of the students of the senior class. This page includes a photograph and description of Tze Lung Sene from Canton, China. He was member…

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This is a picture of University senior John Alfred Paau from Canton, China. The description text next to his picture states, "Here is a man who has come from the far distant East and sojourned among these Gothic Halls of fame for four years...". Paau…

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This montage of eight photographs depicts a variety of nature and wildlife images. In the top center photograph, a black man is featured doing fieldwork. He appears to be holding some sort of tool in his hand. In all the photographs on this page,…
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