Children on Ms. Francis's front porch in Newtown, a neighborhood in Montgomery, Alabama.
A Pepsi machine is against the wall, and a bucket of corn husks is on the floor of the porch. Ms. Francis owned one of only two soft drink machines in Newtown. Hers was on the front porch, and the Braswell family kept theirs on the back porch. This image was taken for (but not used in) the article a...
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| Summary: | A Pepsi machine is against the wall, and a bucket of corn husks is on the floor of the porch. Ms. Francis owned one of only two soft drink machines in Newtown. Hers was on the front porch, and the Braswell family kept theirs on the back porch. 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 |
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