"Life Histories/Stories," Dale County.
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@ Alabama Dept. of Archives and History, 624 Washington Ave., Montgomery, AL 36130
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Folder contains 6 pages of an African-American life history compiled during the Works Progress Administration (WPA) in the late-1930s. .' ) ( - >. ~ , Coun\y S. Barnard Atab.a A NEa 0 COOK'S PAY .y naIHI h o.a L.. Johnaon a"d I U.... In t.b. wHollo" baok b.hlnd Mr. c Pippin'. bou.e ~n O.ark, Alabam•• I .ork tor Mr•• Laura Barn.. on Butaula Str••t a. a oook and .ort ot a ..ld. Tber. ar••ix ot u. that 11..... In a tour rooa tra•• hou•• back In tb. wHollo". Ther. ar. t.o b.cI. In ay rooll and .y .on-b.'. about tltte.n--and ay n.pb•• 11..... In tbat rooll. W. P83. ' ••00 a montb tor r.nt. Wb.n •• had hydrant .ater •• bad te pay '5.50 a montb, but •• baa a ••11 dug no••0 •• don't ue. no hydrant .at.r &nyllor•• W. ain't got. but one tireplao. in the hou•• , but. •• don't get .0 a.ful oold In the .lnt.r-tlll.. W. ain't got no batbtub or toll.t. W. has a baok-bou.e out in the yard .bloh •• u••••b.n •• n••d. t.o. Eleotrloity? I gu••••• don't need any oau•••• all go to b.d .arly, but •• haa laap. and u•• k.ro••n•• On. of tb••oll.n .ho 11..... th.r••a.h•• , and t.o ot the lien th.y .ork. out. .oll8tla.a, ao w. all glt. up kinder .arly. I g.n.rally glt. up about flv.-thirty, but don't oook no br.akfa.t. tb.r. at the hous., and go•• on up to Mi •• Laura'. to oook th.ir...
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