Detail View: Mary Wheeler Collection : Minerva Williams Reading in the Rocker
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Filename:
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MW.B4.F21.145(i).jpg
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Identifier:
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MW.B4.F21.145(i)
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Title:
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Minerva Williams Reading in the Rocker
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Creator:
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Wheeler, Mary (1892-1979)
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Subject:
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Roustabouts
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Subject:
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African American music -- Paducah (KY)
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Subject:
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African Americans -- Paducah (KY)
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Subject:
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Black history -- Paducah (KY)
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Subject:
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Houses -- Paducah (KY)
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Description:
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Minerva Williams sits in her rocking chair in the yard reading a book. Minerva and her husband Hal are mentioned in Mary Wheeler's book Steamboatin' Days on pages 87-88. The couple lived on the 1600 block of Broad St. in Paducah, KY for the majority of the 1930s.
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Publisher:
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McCracken County Public Library
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Date:
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Circa 1935
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Type:
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Still Image
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Format:
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Image/TIFF
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Language:
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English
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Coverage:
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Lower Ohio River Valley
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Rights:
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Permission must be obtained from the McCracken County Public Library, Local and Family History Department
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Citation:
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Ancestry Library Edition. ProQuest, n.d. Web. Caron's Directory of the City of Paducah, KY. Louisville, KY: Caron Directory Company Inc., 1908-1959. Print. "Find A Grave - Millions of Cemetery Records." Web. 2014. "Paducahky.gov." Oak Grove Cemetery. City of Paducah. Web. 2014. Way, Frederick, Jr. Way�s Packet Directory, 1848-1983. Athens, OH: Sons and Daughters of Pioneer Rivermen, 1983. Print. Way, Frederick, and Joseph W. Rutter. Way's Steam Towboat Directory. Athens: Ohio UP, 1990. Print. Wheeler, Mary. Steamboatin� Days: Folk Songs of the River Packet Era. Baton Rouge, LA: Louisiana State University Press, 1944. Print. 1860-1940 U.S. Census, population schedule, digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com)
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