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Family at Ola McDowell's front yard in Valley Truck Farm. Her grandchildren are sitting in the shade under a tree with a car and home in the background
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Ola McDowell in Valley Truck Farms in the backyard on her property
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Larry Hinchen and Richard Hinchen in a tub in a front yard on Norman Road in the Valley Truck Farms
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Denise Dixon at age 8 smiling for the camera with a gathering of adults sitting in the shade in the background in front of a house in Valley Truck Famrs
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Rosa Lee Watkins; Gail McDaniels, Althea McDaniels as toddlers photographed on Norman Road in December 1950
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Uncle Mitchell's (her grandfather's brother) Son RL McDowell. Across the street you can see Ola's house and the rural landscape on Norman Road in the background
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Betty McDowell in front of Norman Road house of Ola McDowell (Pollard house in the background, across the street)
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McDowell women posing on Norman Road at a celebration with white flowers. Pictured left to right Ola McDowell, Lena Henry, Alice Dixon, Lawrencia Mae Jones, Betty Jennings, Marjie McDowell, Lillie McDowell
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McDowell siblings presenting Ola McDowell with best mom award after she had a heart attack in the 1970s. Left to Right - Effie, Lilly, Dorothy, Betty, Sonny, Ola (at the bottom) and Karen (Sonny's daughter) in the back.
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Ola McDowell at Fundraiser for Edison McDaniels for Congress
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Betty Jennings & baby Keith Singer standing in front of a home on a raised foundation near a tree.
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Ezel McDowell stands legs spread in the front yard of his mothers home eating and posing for the picture. Chairs in the front yard show that the family often sat and socialized in the front yard on Norman Road where they could meet and see neighbors.
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Virginia McDowell on Norman Rd in front of Ola McDowell house. Across street Uncle Dolly's house was visible. He was uncle to the elder McDowell children and followed them out to settle in the Valley Truck farm community.
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McDowell sisters older on Norman Road including Leotra Singer, Dorothy Watkins, Alice Dixon, Lilly Graves, Donna McDowell
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All McDowell kids gathered in front of 1940s car in the Valley. From left to right Edison P. McDaniels (holding baby Donna), McKinley McDaniels (Dorothy McDowell’s older brother from first marriage), Leotra (later married Singer, later lived on Foisy), Betty McDowell (later Jennings), Dorothy, Alice, then cousin Joe Lloyd (mother is an aunt also lived in the Valley for awhile), last girl is Lily. Dorothy born in 1931 so image is probably from 1937. Ola McDowell had a total of 7 kids with Willis and 3 with earlier husband McDaniels (one died).
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Ola & Willis Richard McDowell Sr.
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Ola McDowell sitting in front of mailbox on Norman Road
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Ola McDowell (left) & Bessie Watkins (right) on Norman Road Dec 1950 in front of Ola McDowell’s house on Norman Road. (Bessie Watkins is dad’s mom)
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Erma Lee Golden & Ruth Redd (in white), best friends at St. Mark's Missionary Baptist Church.
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Reverand F.R. Williams was the pastor of St. Marks Baptist Church from 1947-1987, and was a mentor to Pastor Harper. He is pictured here on the program with his wife Lucille Williams. The inside of the program praises the Williams and provides an itinerary for the sessions. Rev Williams is Lynette Golden Scott's grandfather, still a member of St. Mark's Missionary Baptist church.
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Caroline Harper (left) and Lucinda Harper (right) in formal attire inside St. Mark's Missionary Baptist Church. Lucinda Harper, widowed by a drowning accident, raised her children, including Pastor Percy, in San Bernardino County. She worked as a teacher’s aide and in Child Services, relying on community support for stability (Truck Valley Farms Scrapbook, 2019).
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Sister Jessie Douglas (red suit) and Manuel Harper in their formal attire posing for a photo inside the St. Mark's Missionary Baptist Church. "Sister Jessie Douglas moved to San Bernardino in 1946. At St. Mark’s, she was a mission teacher, worked with teenage girls, sang in choirs, taught Sunday school and VBS, and ran a phone ministry for hospital workers. She advised youth to uphold God's principles and connect with older generations" (Truck Valley Farms, 2019).
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A portrait of Essie Green standing next to a dog outside the exterior of St. Mark's Missionary Baptist Church. "Sister Essie Green, left, joined St. Mark’s when she moved from Pasadena in 1949. She served as an usher, counselor, Pastor’s aide, and committees she assisted were flowers, kitchen, and General Mission. Her advice was to live for God, yield to Him, and love and help others" (Valley Truck Farms Scrapbook, 2019).
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Two men seated inside the Fellowship Hall of St. Mark's Missionary Baptist Church during an inspirational choir Christmas party in 1997. On the left is Harrison Crump, a musician for St. Mark's. On the right is Reverend Samuel Lewellen.
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A photo of the corner properties where the Spotlight Cafe, Pool Hall, hair salon, and other businesses that were run by the Overstreet family at the corner of Waterman and Central.