Reverse side of mourning pin owned by Mrs.B. L. Hammond, Birmingham, Ala.
Tradition says the pin was taken from a woman near the site of Montgomery by the Indian who scalped her. A grateful Indian chief later gave it to Dr. John Naftel, great-grandfather of Mrs. Hammond.
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Alabama Department of Archives and History
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| Online Access: | http://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/photo/id/2455 |