Gravestones at Lincoln Cemetery in Montgomery, Alabama.
The first grave is for Mary Boyd, and the second is for Savannah Thomas (died November 27, 1937). In the background, a woman is sitting outside a small cinder block building; she appears to be sewing sheets of material in his lap. The image is extremely dark. It was taken for (but not used in) the p...
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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/702 |
| Summary: | The first grave is for Mary Boyd, and the second is for Savannah Thomas (died November 27, 1937). In the background, a woman is sitting outside a small cinder block building; she appears to be sewing sheets of material in his lap. The image is extremely dark. It was taken for (but not 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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