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Photograph of Dave Pugh, Waynesboro, Burke County, Georgia, 1968 or 1969

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Waynesboro, 1968-1969. Dave Pugh, who had lost both his legs, supported himself by planting and farming, which he did from a sled. The True Citizen, the weekly newspaper in Waynesboro, ran a story on him. UPI and AP wire services picked up the story and it was published in newspapers all over he country. People began sending him money so that he was able to purchase artificial limbs.
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Held by Georgia Archives, 5800 Jonesboro Road, Morrow, GA 30260.Contact repository re: reproduction and usage.
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Georgia Archives

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Digital Library of Georgia

Keywords

  1. African Americans
  2. Agriculture
  3. Georgia
  4. Portraits
  5. Waynesboro

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