Woman sitting outside a small cinder block building in an yard beside Lincoln Cemetery in Montgomery, Alabama.
She is wearing an apron, and a sheet of material is spread on her lap; she appears to be working with her hands, perhaps sewing or shelling peas. A grave stone for Savannah Thomas is in the foreground; Thomas died on November 27, 1937. This image was used in the photo spread "A Black Grave,&quo...
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Alabama Department of Archives and History
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| Online Access: | http://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/peppler/id/3705 |
| Summary: | She is wearing an apron, and a sheet of material is spread on her lap; she appears to be working with her hands, perhaps sewing or shelling peas. A grave stone for Savannah Thomas is in the foreground; Thomas died on November 27, 1937. This image was used in the photo spread "A Black Grave," which appeared on page 3 of The Southern Courier for June 1-2, 1968. The issue is available online (not on the ADAH website): http://www.southerncourier.org/low-res/Vol4_No22_1968_06_01.pdf |
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