Birmingham News sleeve BN0006544

Mississippi - Tombigbee ferry / Columbus, Mississippi / Various shots of ferry, owned and operated by Lowndes County, which crosses Tombigbee River connecting Highway 10, or route from Columbus to West Point. (By way of 82 and 45 highways, the mileage is 12-15 plus) / Slender man with cap in overall...

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Main Author: Matthews, Norman
Format: Electronic
Published: Alabama Department of Archives and History
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Online Access:http://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/amg/id/7651
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Summary:Mississippi - Tombigbee ferry / Columbus, Mississippi / Various shots of ferry, owned and operated by Lowndes County, which crosses Tombigbee River connecting Highway 10, or route from Columbus to West Point. (By way of 82 and 45 highways, the mileage is 12-15 plus) / Slender man with cap in overalls is Billy Franklin Easter, 18, the operator. Young boy with him is his brother-in-law John McDill, 13 / One shot, with trucks or cars approaching, should show ferry operator's little block house in upper left corner of negative. There he and his wife and almost one-year-old son live in two rooms. / [Notes included]