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	Record Group Number:	900000
	Series/Collection Number:	M82- 83
	Creator:	Walston, Miller, 1898-1979.
	Title, Dates:	Quincy and Tallahassee photographs, 1920-1960.
	Amount:	57 photographs
	Medium Included:	photographs
	Organization/Arrangement:	unarranged
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	Biographical/Historical:	Lieutenant Miller Walston (1898-1979) was born in Kentucky and later became City Engineer for Tallahassee, Florida, and a veteran of both World Wars. In 1929, Walston designed and constructed Dale Mabry Field, a former airport west of Tallahassee. He also worked with one of the Engineer Regiments that worked on the Claiborne and Polk Railroad between Camp Claiborne and Camp Polk in Louisiana. He spent most of his life in Tallahassee and collected photographs of events he attended and some of the various engineer projects that he completed while serving as the City Engineer for Tallahassee.
	Summary:	This collection contains photographs of various places in Quincy and Tallahassee, Florida. Images of Quincy include construction work on the sewage system and a bridge over the Apalachicola River, depicting Black male workers driving bulldozers while white males view construction plans. The photographs of Tallahassee include women and children posing with automobiles and family pets. Also included are images of the Tallahassee City Pool and the exterior of Dodd Hall on the Florida State College for Women campus.
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	General Note:	Florida Photographic Collection Number P1982-83.
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	Subject Access Fields:	Walston, Miller, 1898-1979. African Americans Florida. Bridges Design and construction. Buildings Florida. Sewage disposal Florida Photographs. aat Quincy (Fla.) Tallahassee (Fla.)
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