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(Source of image: American Memory Project, Library of Congress)

 

 

 

 

 

 

There were about 18 residential rooms for rent at the Knights of Pythias Building in 1943.  As indicated by the city directory, all of the inhabitants appear to have been black.  Among the structure's other occupants was a cabinet shop owned by an African American named Clarence O. Barnes. 

 

 

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