"Life Histories/Stories," Sumter County.
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@ Alabama Dept. of Archives and History, 624 Washington Ave., Montgomery, AL 36130
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Folder contains 37 pages of life histories and stories compiled for the Works Progress Administration (WPA) in the late 1930s. I • • De _ laU. • • 1 • f • ., • • • • 1 t. ..... • an 5 • • ." t t. , , • t •,. " .' ., 1 • • • John R. Este., Epss, "labama March 21,1939 R.P.T. A speckled hen and her chicken. scratched coutentedly ln the saall front lard of a four 1'0011I cottage where blue Roman hyaclnths and yellow jonqul1s bloomed. An old man ln a faded w.lsh s'llt sat on the narrow porch and rocked ln a home made hlckory chalr. "Co e on ln If you aln't afrald of a cold because that's what .e lln Jr.y old lafy's Qot, an' Mighty bad on~at that. I'm just settln' out here ln the sunshlne tryln!> to make up my mind to tl0 put up t.hem chickens for her, 'cause the cow klcked her over yestldy and she can't glt erbout to-day.W~t tryln' tel' hook her or nothlng 11ke that, ,fOU see that old CON'S bllnd ln one eye and myoId lady wuz ml1kln' her and that 11ttle old dog there run between her legs and the co.. glve er sudnen tu~n and knocked the old lady flat. Her head sort of struck the slde 0 the barn and thlltS , whats troubllng her worse en any thlng else. I too¥ her ln to soc Dr. Scales...
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96 Dpi Tiff
1939 Circa
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