Addie Swanson playing checkers on the front porch of a cinder block house in Newtown, a neighborhood in Montgomery, Alabama.

She is using bottle caps as game pieces. Swanson was known as "Ms. Sweet" to people in the neighborhood. This image was taken for (but not used in) the article and photo spread "'Newtown'--A Community Apart," which appeared on pages 4 and 5 of The Southern Courier for A...

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Main Author:	Peppler, Jim
Format:	Electronic
Published:	Alabama Department of Archives and History
Subjects:	Southern Courier photographs
Online Access:	http://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/peppler/id/10223

format	Electronic
collection	Jim Peppler Southern Courier Photograph Collection
building	Alabama Department of Archives and History
publisher	Alabama Department of Archives and History
topic	Southern Courier photographs
spellingShingle	Southern Courier photographs Addie Swanson playing checkers on the front porch of a cinder block house in Newtown, a neighborhood in Montgomery, Alabama. Peppler, Jim
fulltopic	Southern Courier photographs Swanson, Addie; African Americans--Domestic life; Recreation; Montgomery (Ala.); Montgomery County (Ala.)
description	She is using bottle caps as game pieces. Swanson was known as "Ms. Sweet" to people in the neighborhood. This image was taken for (but not used in) the article and photo spread "'Newtown'--A Community Apart," which appeared on pages 4 and 5 of The Southern Courier for August 26-27, 1967. The issue is available online (not on the ADAH website): http://www.southerncourier.org/low-res/Vol3_No35_1967_08_26.pdf
spelling	Q0000025549Q25549Addie Swanson playing checkers on the front porch of a cinder block house in Newtown, a neighborhood in Montgomery, Alabama.She is using bottle caps as game pieces. Swanson was known as "Ms. Sweet" to people in the neighborhood. This image was taken for (but not used in) the article and photo spread "'Newtown'--A Community Apart," which appeared on pages 4 and 5 of The Southern Courier for August 26-27, 1967. The issue is available online (not on the ADAH website): http://www.southerncourier.org/low-res/Vol3_No35_1967_08_26.pdf1967 August1960-1969Peppler, JimSwanson, Addie; African Americans--Domestic life; Recreation; Montgomery (Ala.); Montgomery County (Ala.)Still imageNegatives (Photographic)Peppler, JamesJim Peppler Southern Courier photograph collectionLPP106, Box 1, Binder 2Alabama Dept. of Archives and History, 624 Washington Ave., Montgomery, AL 36130EnglishCopyright, Alabama Department of Archives and History.4000 PPI TIFFhttp://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/peppler/id/10223
title	Addie Swanson playing checkers on the front porch of a cinder block house in Newtown, a neighborhood in Montgomery, Alabama.
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Addie Swanson playing checkers on the front porch of a cinder block house in Newtown, a neighborhood in Montgomery, Alabama.

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