Detail View: Mary Wheeler Collection : In Front of the Shed

Filename: 
MW.B4.F21.331(i).jpg
Identifier: 
MW.B4.F21.331(i)
Title: 
In Front of the Shed
Creator: 
Wheeler, Mary (1892-1979)
Subject: 
Roustabouts
Subject: 
African American music -- Paducah (KY)
Subject: 
Fowler, Joseph Henry (1833-1904)
Subject: 
Historic buildings
Subject: 
African Americans -- Paducah (KY)
Subject: 
Black history -- Paducah (KY)
Description: 
A former roustabout stands in front of a farm building. The Hotel Irvin Cobb is in the background. This photograph was taken on the Joseph H and Mattie Fowler estate, located at 619 Kentucky Ave.
Publisher: 
McCracken County Public Library
Date: 
Circa 1935
Type: 
Still Image
Format: 
Image/TIFF
Language: 
English
Coverage: 
Lower Ohio River Valley
Rights: 
Permission must be obtained from the McCracken County Public Library, Local and Family History Department
Citation: 
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)