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Print Inscribed “One of Palm Beaches First Families”

Article including photograph of Everee Jimerson Clarke published in The Palm Beach Post on February 1, 2003. Accessed through newspapers.com.

Photograph inscribed “The Styx-1901-North County Road and Sunset Avenue.” Preservation Foundation of Palm Beach.

Print from between 1835-1845 of an African American man in tattered clothes walking or dancing with the name Jim Crow below. Courtesy of the Library of Congress

1970s Matchstick Model of the Styx. The sign reads “The Styx, A Black Settlement for Domestic + Yard Help Palm Beach.” Courtesy of Historical Society of Palm Beach County.

1908 Sanborn Fire Insurance Map. The map presents “Negro Tenemants” in the location of the Styx. Also showcases the The Breakers Barracks, another area designated for Blacks to live. Accessed through the Library of Congress.

In the 1912 Map, the label of "Negro Tenements is noticeably absent. Courtesy of the Library of Congress.

1898 Photograph of Little Girl in the Styx. Courtesy of the Historical Society of Palm Beach County.

1893 Photograph of Payne Chapel. Courtesy of the Historical Society of Palm Beach County.

1893 Photograph of Payne Chapel and its founding members. Courtesy of the Historical Society of Palm Beach County.