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Title
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Georgine E. Upshur Willis and Marie Christmas Harris in Atlantic City
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Description
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Photograph of Georgine E. Upshur Willis and Marie Christmas Harris in Atlantic City, NJ.
Since the beaches at Atlantic City were segregated at this time, we assume that Willis and Harris were at Chicken Bone Beach.
Chicken Bone Beach was the segregated section for African Americans on Atlantic City's beach area. Between 1900 and the early 1950s, African Americans were socially restricted to use the Missouri Avenue Beach Area.
Since many vacationing Black families arrived with chicken-laden hampers, the strip became affectionately named "Chicken Bone Beach."
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Georgine “Gene” Elizabeth Upshur-Willis (1921 - 1998) was born to William Arthur Upshur Jr. (1984 - 1963) and Agnes (née Chew) Upshur (1896 - 1984). The Upshurs were a prominent, affluent African-American family with connections in Philadelphia politics, community, education, and culture.
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Georgine E. Upshur Willis Collection
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Contributor
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The Library Company of Philadelphia
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Date Created
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c. 1950
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Creator
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Willis, Georgine Upshur
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Rights
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This work is not in copyright, but commercial uses of this digital representation are limited. For more information, contact printroom@librarycompany.org and see http://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-NC/1.0/
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Identifier
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P.2022.16.47
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Language
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eng
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Format
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Image
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Extent
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1 image
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Spatial Coverage
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Philadelphia, PA
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Publisher
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The Library Company of Philadelphia
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Is Part Of
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Stevens-Cogdell/Sanders Venning Collection - Upshur Willis Collection_Georgine E. Upshur Willis collection_P.2022.16.47
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Subject
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Photography
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African American women
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New Jersey--Atlantic City
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