Three women, possibly librarians, standing on the front porch of the main branch of the Walker County Library on 2nd Avenue North in Jasper, Alabama.
The Walker County Library opened to the public on January 8, 1931, and the event was covered in the Mountain Eagle on January 14. One article ("The Walker County Library Opened to the Public Last Thursday Afternoon Here") explained that the main branch employed three white librarians: Eun...
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Alabama Photographs and Pictures Three women, possibly librarians, standing on the front porch of the main branch of the Walker County Library on 2nd Avenue North in Jasper, Alabama. |
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Alabama Photographs and Pictures Coston, Eunice Anna; Dudley, Louise; Hughes, Mary Winner; Buildings; Librarians; Libraries; Women--Employment; Jasper (Ala.); Walker County (Ala.) |
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The Walker County Library opened to the public on January 8, 1931, and the event was covered in the Mountain Eagle on January 14. One article ("The Walker County Library Opened to the Public Last Thursday Afternoon Here") explained that the main branch employed three white librarians: Eunice Anna Coston, head librarian; Louise Dudley, assistant librarian; and Mary Winner Hughes, children's librarian. (A separate branch for African Americans, located in east Jasper, was administered by librarian Elizabeth Jordan.) |
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Q0000224856Q224856Three women, possibly librarians, standing on the front porch of the main branch of the Walker County Library on 2nd Avenue North in Jasper, Alabama.The Walker County Library opened to the public on January 8, 1931, and the event was covered in the Mountain Eagle on January 14. One article ("The Walker County Library Opened to the Public Last Thursday Afternoon Here") explained that the main branch employed three white librarians: Eunice Anna Coston, head librarian; Louise Dudley, assistant librarian; and Mary Winner Hughes, children's librarian. (A separate branch for African Americans, located in east Jasper, was administered by librarian Elizabeth Jordan.)1931 circa1930-1939Coston, Eunice Anna; Dudley, Louise; Hughes, Mary Winner; Buildings; Librarians; Libraries; Women--Employment; Jasper (Ala.); Walker County (Ala.)Still imagePhotographsOwen, Marie BankheadMarie Bankhead Owen papersBox 15Alabama Department of Archives and History, 624 Washington Avenue, Montgomery, Alabama 36130EnglishThis material may be protected under U. S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S. Code) which governs the making of photocopies or reproductions of copyrighted materials. You may use the digitized material for private study, scholarship, or research. Though ADAH has physical ownership of the material in its collections, in some cases we may not own the copyright to the material. It is the patron's obligation to determine and satisfy copyright restrictions when publishing or otherwise distributing materials found in our collections.600 PPI TIFFhttp://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/photo/id/44752 |
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Three women, possibly librarians, standing on the front porch of the main branch of the Walker County Library on 2nd Avenue North in Jasper, Alabama. |
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Three women, possibly librarians, standing on the front porch of the main branch of the Walker County Library on 2nd Avenue North in Jasper, Alabama. |
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