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African American Experience in Lakeland
Bernard Family
Buildings from Lakeland's Past
Dancing to the Big Band Sound
Detroit Tigers in Lakeland
Downtown Lakeland
Earl Morgan Savage's Lakeland
Early Homes of Lakeland
Early Lakeland Postcards
Florida Citrus Labels
Frank Lloyd Wright and FSC
Hollis Photos
Hollis Photos-Part II
Howard Hughes Around the World Flight
Lake Mirror Promenade
Lakeland Loves a Parade
Lakeland Police Dept.
Lakeland Takes to the Air
Lakeland's Early Churches
Lakeland's Hotels
Lakeland's Pioneer Families: the Riggins
Lodwick School of Aeronautics
New Photos from Lodwick
Postcard Images of Lakeland
School Daze
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The Pied Piper Players Present
Working for a living

MARY WHITFIELD @1890

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Mary Whitfield was a former slave in Missouri who had been hired as a combination housekeeper/servant by the Riggins family. She accompanied them to Lakeland in 1884 and remained with the family until her death in 1899.