A People’s History of the Inland Empire Digital Archive

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  Essie Green at St. Mark's Pulpit

  Essie Green speaking at the St. Mark's Missionary Baptist Church for old fashion day with Freeman Williams to her left. Essie Green would dress up in her bustle dress, set up bales of hay, pumpkins, and throw a old fashion day party in the fall at the church.
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  Backroom Photo of St.Marks

  A photo of Harrison Crump, the pianist from St. Marks, and Pastor Llewelyn in backroom of St. Marks.
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  Essie and David Green

  A black and white portrait photo of Essie and David Green in their later years. Perhaps taken for their 60th wedding anniversary.
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  Church of the Living God

  A photo of the Church of the Living God with the full congregation. Myrtle Overstreet helped found this church in Valley View, North of Santa Fe and South of Mill. In the right front is Nancy Pugh (white dress) with Rosalyn Overstreet. Most of congregation is not yet identified.
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  David and Essie Green Family Photo

  A photo of David and Essie Greens family at their new home which David built in San Bernardino after moving from Pasadena. All eleven children present; Left to R from back Annette, David Lewis, Irma Jean, Essie, Tallest Oliver, David (dad), Patsy, Opal, Zoie. In front (L-R) Daniel, Lorena, Alonzo, standing Roy.
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  Grannie Myrtle Overstreet's Garden

  A photo of the garden Grannie Myrtle Overstreet would plant on her Norman Road property which included greens, ocra, and avocado trees.
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  Spotlight at Central & Waterman

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  Two Unknown Women on a Porch

  A photo of two unknown women sitting on front porch of home holding a young baby. One woman has her hands up to her face and the other in Black dress looks exhausted. The back of the photo says 1931, indicating the date.
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  Plot of Land owned by Overstreets

  A photo a plot of land that belonged to Myrtle and Sydney Overstreet at the corner of Norman Road & Waterman, where in earlier decades the Overstreets tried to develop a drive in restaurant. The blue house across the street belonged to the McMurrays, the house in the middle is on Lincoln and belonged to Wilson and Willie Brue. Past the stop sign on Waterman, you would find Aunt Ethel's house.
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  Genora Haynes Posing

  A black and white photo of Genora Haynes posing, she lived on Norman Road in a home to the left of the Overstreet family. The house may still exist next to Kohls warehourse. She was also a good friend of Grandma Myrtle Overstreet. First scrapbook page photo.
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  Lucinda Harper & Maxine Baker

  A photo of Mother Lucinda Harper on the left and Maxine Baker on the right in front of St. Mark's church.
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  Sally Morris & Maxine Baker Ramsey in front of St. Marks

  A photo of Sally Morris and Maxine Baker Ramsey in front of St.Marks church overlooking open fields across Central. The background displays the rural character of the Valley before development that escalated from the 1990s onward.
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  Johnny Morris & Girls

  A photo Johnny Morris and two girls from church at their house, apart of a larger scrapbook.
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  Dennis Jackson in front of St. Mark's

  A photo of Dennis Jackson, who was Rosalee Jackson's youngest son, standing on St. Mark's porch looking across the street to Valley landscape.
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  Children in A New House

  An additional accompaning photo of Oscar and a girl at Central house playing, you can see Obrera house across the street.
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  Children in A New House

  A black and white photo of Myrna, a girl, Rosalyn, and Oscar in front of the house they just moved into. In the background was where Victoria and Bill White lived next door (parents of Vera White Saville and Pedro White) and William White (who was in the band) on the corner of Foisy and Central.
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  Haircut by Annette Overstreet

  Annette Overstreet cutting Mrs Coolie's hair in her salon in her home, datedJune 1968.
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  Photo of Sherwood Wareen's Children

  Sherwood Warren's children with boys on either end Kurt & Kirk, Middle front Cathy, Tall girl in back Michelle, boy in middle Anthony, girl on right Yolanda. Located at Norman road by the Overstreet house of Aunt Myrtle and Uncle Sid (granchildren of Elvie). In the background is BBQ pit.
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  Canaan Temple Church on Waterman

  A photo of Canaan Temple, church on East side of Waterman, just south of Central, past Ms Chapels house as it moved in across the street. Myrtle Overstreet is third from right in back row, 3rd in front row is Ms Lewis, Celeste Lister (her granddaughter) with white sandals.
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  Cafe by Sydney Overstreet

  A photo of the cafe that Sidney Overstreet was trying to develop as a drive in, unfortunately it never opened. This was the original location of Mrs McDowell's Cafe first on the NE Corner of Waterman and Norman Rd. Front row Rosalyn Overstreet, Myrna Overstreet. Back row Sidney Overstreet Sr, JD Goodwin at Drive in on Waterman and Norman Rd in San Bernardino CA, all names were written on the back.
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  Portrait of Oscar Overstreet

  Photo of Oscar Overstreet in the Army at Fort Eustis sitting on a car.