Buster Wilson, James "Pistol" Wilson, and a girl (possibly Diane Scott) standing on the front porch of a wooden house in Newtown, a neighborhood in Montgomery, Alabama.

Pistol is holding a photograph of himself swimming in the Big Ditch, a gravel quarry filled with water near 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 Co...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Peppler, Jim
Format: Electronic
Published: Alabama Department of Archives and History
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Online Access:http://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/peppler/id/943
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Summary:Pistol is holding a photograph of himself swimming in the Big Ditch, a gravel quarry filled with water near 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