Hargrove (Ralph) Photograph Collection PI/2010.0005
The Ralph Hargrove Photograph Collection consists of one-hundred-thirty-six black-and-white photographs of Jackson, Mississippi, from 1927 until 1984. Most of the images were taken during Hargrove's forty-year career with the Jackson Police Department. Subjects include city government buildings, police department activities, and state and national politicians. The collection features images of the rifle found at the crime scene after the murder of Mississippi civil rights leader Medgar Evers, Jackson's first African American policemen, U.S. Senator John C. Stennis, Mississippi lieutenant governor Charles Sullivan, Alabama governor George Wallace, and a Jackson city vehicle known as "Thompson's Tank."
Read MoreThe Ralph Hargrove Photograph Collection consists of one-hundred-thirty-six black-and-white photographs of Jackson, Mississippi, from 1927 until 1984. Most of the images were taken during Hargrove's forty-year career with the Jackson Police Department. Subjects include city government buildings, police department activities, and state and national politicians. The collection features images of the rifle found at the crime scene after the murder of Mississippi civil rights leader Medgar Evers, Jackson's first African American policemen, U.S. Senator John C. Stennis, Mississippi lieutenant governor Charles Sullivan, Alabama governor George Wallace, and a Jackson city vehicle known as "Thompson's Tank."
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"1927." View of City garage and jail, near City Hall. Lamar Life Building in background.
Date: 1927
Filename: 104942-photo.tif
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"Picture made from copy of old picture. West side of City Hall."
Date: 1927
Filename: 104946-photo.tif
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Central Fire Station. Exterior view with firemen posing on fire engines.
Date: 192x
Filename: 104948-photo.tif
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"Picture made by J. P. Shipp, 5-1193-8. Reprinted by Ralph Hargrove, Feb. 1984." View of Hinds County Courthouse.
Date: 1938
Creator: Shipp, J. P.
Filename: 104957-photo.tif
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"12 Det.'s 1941. today 1968 38 Det.'s." Unidentified people outside the Jackson Police Department.
Date: 1941
Filename: 104960-photo.tif
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"13 Det.'s today." Unidentified people outside the Jackson Police Department.
Date: 1941
Filename: 104963-photo.tif
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"Picture of Pascagoula Street and South Gallatin Street."
Date: 1947
Creator: Hargrove, Ralph
Filename: 104972-photo.tif
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"Pascagoula and Gallatin St. July 25, 1947."
Date: 1947
Creator: Hargrove, Ralph
Filename: 104973-photo.tif
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"Picture made showing City Hall, Old flower garden and old Police Department."
Date: 194x
Creator: Hargrove, Ralph
Filename: 104975-photo.tif
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"Ellis Avenue, looking south from Lynch Street. Sept. 24, 1954."
Date: 1954
Creator: Hargrove, Ralph
Filename: 104980-photo.tif
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Aerial view of downtown Jackson, showing construction of First National Bank Building.
Date: 1955
Creator: Hargrove, Ralph
Filename: 104984-photo.tif
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Mayor Allen Thompson and City Commissioners.
Date: 1956
Creator: Hargrove, Ralph
Filename: 104988-photo.tif
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"Old Fire Station on Fortification St. Oct. 11, 1956. Location for new Fire Station."
Date: 1956
Creator: Hargrove, Ralph
Filename: 104997-photo.tif
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Mayor Allen C. Thompson and two unidentified men sit at desk.
Date: 1957
Creator: Hargrove, Ralph
Filename: 104998-photo.tif
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"Picture made showing location of new City Hall, corner of Pascagoula and S. West St. Picture also shows Police Department before last expansion. December 1958."
Date: 1958
Creator: Hargrove, Ralph
Filename: 104999-photo.tif
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"Location for New City Jail (South Congress and Pascagoula St.)."
Date: 195x
Creator: Hargrove, Ralph
Filename: 105005-photo.tif
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Armored police vehicle known as Thompson's Tank parked on Pascagoula Street.
Date: 195x
Creator: Hargrove, Ralph
Filename: 105006-photo.tif
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Two unidentified men holding sign for the North Jackson Exchange Club.
Date: 195x
Creator: Hargrove, Ralph
Filename: 105008-photo.tif