A People’s History of the Inland Empire Digital Archive

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  Janice Wilson's Childhood House

  The childhood house of Janice Wilson was located at 24618 Norman Road. Janice's family moved to this house when she was only 4 or 5 years old in the mid-1950s, having previously lived in a tiny shack in Los Angeles. A unidentified women stands on the front steps of the house.
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  Church women dressed up in frontyard

  A group of women dressed up as if for church in a color photo, possibly a church mission group. Mrs Marshall is in the back in light blue dress, light blue in front right is Mrs Wilcots, dark blue Mrs Henchen. Other women not yet identified.
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  Beatrice Wilcots with her Family

  2024.012.028 Family reunion at Beatrice Wilcots' house on Norman Road. "Sister Beatrice Wilcots, left, arrived at St. Mark’s in 1959, having followed her husband, Rev. D.E. Wilcots, who came prior to that. Sister Wilcots served as a Sunday school teacher, VBS teacher, and as president of the missionary society. She said that Christ is all she needs or wants in life, and He is who she depended on. She advised people to accept Christ early so they would have Him to direct their paths." (Truck Valley Farms Scrapbook, 2019).
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  Miss MacDay's House

  Miss MacDay's house on Norman Road, known for her field of blackberries that she allowed children to pick and eat.
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  Family and Friends sharing fish

  Woman holding a big fish, perhaps as a gift to a neighbor. She is accompanied by a group of three men and an unidentified man is walking with their grandchild. Another unidentified man stands to the far right, holding a fishing pole and staring at the camera.
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  Pastor Freeman and Mrs. Lucille Williams

  Smiling Pastor Freeman Williams and wife Mrs. Lucille Williams dressed in their formal church attire to attend St. Mark's Missionary Baptist Church in May of 1956.
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  Children on Car Bumper

  4 children sit on the bumper of a 1940s car on a street in Norman road. They are barefoot. From left to right: Garfield Henchen, Janice Wilson, Larry Harper, and Michael Harper.
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  Mrs. Blanchette being Honored at St. Mark's Missionary Baptist Church

  Churchgoers seated in pews of the St. Mark's Missionary Baptist Church honor Mrs. Blanchette (in usher uniform) as she is escorted down the middle aisle by two young unidentified women.
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  Women's Missionary Meeting, January 1961

  This image captures the January 1961 Women's Missionary Meeting. The women are gathered in a room, posing for the camera.
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  Neighbor Hanging Laundry on Norman Road

  An unidentified woman stands in their backyard hanging laundry on Norman Road. Taken in February 1963.
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  Neighbor's House on Norman Road

  A photo taken in February 1963 depicting a neighbor's house on Norman Road.
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  Women's Missionary Meeting, February 1961

  Sister Beatrice Wilcots is pictured in the middle, Effie Hinchen is standing, and Mrs. Thomas is on the right (Valley Truck Farms, 2019). They are at a February 1961 missionary meeting, likely celebrating a birthday given that two of the women are wearing party hats. The image reads, "FEB 61."
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  Automobile outside in the winter

  1940s car in front of a neighbor's house possibly on Norman road.
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  Father Garfield Hinchen with Granddaughters Denisha and Tanika and Their Pigs

  Father Garfield Hinchen holds both his granddaughters, Denisha and Tanika, while they watch their pigs eat. Sussie, the largest pig, is pictured in the center. The background depicts old scraps of wood pallets and posts around the property. This photo was taken on his property at 24618 Garfield Street. Garfield's one-acre land housed chickens, pigs, and crops like black-eyed peas, okra, and collard greens. He sold eggs and occasionally brought meat to a Mill Street location for processing, storing it in lockers for pickup. He also plowed fields by hand.
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  Father Garfield Hinchen with Granddaughters Denisha and Tanika an Their Chickens

  Father Garfield Hinchen with granddaughters Denisha and Tanika behind a chicken coop on his property at 24618 Garfield Street. Garfield's one-acre land housed chickens, pigs, and crops like black-eyed peas, okra, and collard greens. He sold eggs and occasionally brought meat to a Mill Street location for processing, storing it in lockers for pickup. He also plowed fields by hand.
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  Pastor Percy Harper with Deacons at St. Mark's Missionary Baptist Church

  Pastor Percy Harper posing with associate pastors in their formal church attire on the front steps of St. Mark's Missionary Baptist Church. Picture includes Left to Right Rev Llewelyn, Rev Williams, Pastor Harper, Rev Ruffan, Wilvis Brown, Minister Dennis Hackett.
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  Mission Meeting Women Reading Together

  Mission meeting in a home after the church stopped having mission meetings at the church and started meeting at different women's homes for mission groups.