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An advertisement for The Hotel Roberts, which boasts itself as the "only first-class hotel with all modern conveniences in the whole Appalachian region for Colored people."

Photograph of Robert F. Bass at Carter County Motors.

An undated article about the operating assets of Modern Bakery plant being sold by Daisy Corporation to a parent firm. It mentions professional appointments, including Rudy Hall becoming the chief technician of the system used in plant operations

A 1904 photo of J. Wesley Davis's barbershop, with a photo of Davis in the top right corner.

A profile of John Wesley Davis, a well-known barber in Bristol, VA, and his barber shops.

An advertisement for the Brown-Doubt Undertaking Co., a well-known funeral home in Bristol.

An October 5, 1913 newspaper article featuring a letter from Robert E. Clay urging African Americans in the region to attend the National Conservation Exposition in Knoxville, Tennessee.

A newspaper article discussing statistics published by the Tuskegee Institute, that evaluate the home ownership, farm ownership, wealth, and education of African Americans in the country.

A December 5, 1916 article in which Henry Allen Boyd, secretary of the National Negro Press Association, urges people to use what they have to "advance the development of the assets of the colored race".

A July 22, 1916 article detailing an upcoming meet for the Negro Business League.