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Midwives

Baptism Rite, river baptism

photograph

Photograph of baptism ceremony conducted in the Alabama River

Gee's Bend Collection Number 398, Archives Department. (source)

Birmingham Public Library (Alabama) (publisher)

Reese, John (creator)

1980

Subjects

Baptism

Bridge Near Baptism Site

photograph

Photograph of bridge near baptism site in Gee's Bend

Gee's Bend Collection Number 398, Archives Department (source)

Birmingham Public Library (Alabama) (publisher)

Reese, John (creator)

1980

Subjects

Baptism

Bridges--Alabama

The Entry: the baptized and their sponsors

photograph

Photograph of candidates for baptism with their sponsors on steps entering the church building

Gee's Bend Collection Number 398, Archives Department (source)

Birmingham Public Library (Alabama) (publisher)

Reese, John (creator)

1980

Subjects

Baptism

Food servers at Gee's Bend School

photograph

Photograph of two African-American women in food service type uniforms.

Gee's Bend Collection Number 398, Archives Department. (source)

Birmingham Public Library (Alabama) (publisher)

Reese, John (creator)

1980

Subjects

Food service

Gee's Bend School, students at play

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Photograph of Gee's Bend School students at play. Five figures are visible in the photograph, one adult and four children. The adult appears to have just thrown a ball. A white structure is visible i

Gee's Bend Collection Number 398, Archives Department. (source)

Birmingham Public Library (Alabama) (publisher)

Reese, John (creator)

1980

Subjects

Schools--Alabama

Games

Reverend Bennett and grandson

photograph

Photograph of Reverend Bennett with his grandson.

Gee's Bend Collection Number 398, Archives Department. (source)

Birmingham Public Library (Alabama) (publisher)

Reese, John (creator)

1980

Subjects

Maggie Bennett

photograph

Photograph of Maggie Bennett.

Gee's Bend Collection Number 398, Archives Department. (source)

Birmingham Public Library (Alabama) (publisher)

Reese, John (creator)

1980

Subjects

Maylene Bennett

photograph

Photograph of Maylene Bennett leaning on a laundry basket, with what appears to be clothesline in background.

Gee's Bend Collection Number 398, Archives Department. (source)

Birmingham Public Library (Alabama) (publisher)

Reese, John (creator)

1980

Subjects

Reverend Bennett with wife and grandson

photograph

Photograph of Reverend Bennett with his wife and grandson

Gee's Bend Collection Number 398, Archives Department. (source)

Birmingham Public Library (Alabama) (publisher)

Reese, John (creator)

1980

Subjects

Reverend Bennett & son Zeb

photograph

Photograph of Reverend Bennett with son Zeb, along with four other African-American men. Reverend Bennett, seated, appears to be examining a photo album.

Gee's Bend Collection Number 398, Archives Department. (source)

Birmingham Public Library (Alabama) (publisher)

Reese, John (creator)

1980

Subjects

Cherokee Pettway

photograph

Photograph of Cherokee Pettway with six children. Her daughter Annie Bell Pettway is second from right. This photograph is also included in the book entitled Gee's Bend: The Women and Their Quilts.

Gee's Bend Collection Number 398, Archives Department (source)

United States. Farm Security Administration. (publisher)

United States. Farm Security Administration. (creator)

Wilcox County (Alabama) Courthouse Collection (contributor)

Subjects

Edgar Mooney corncrib

photograph

Photograph of corncrib constructed of logs; African-American man in foreground

Gee's Bend Collection Number 398, Archives Department. (source)

United States. Farm Security Administration. (publisher)

United States. Farm Security Administration. (creator)

Pettway, Roman (contributor)

Subjects

Corncribs

Corncribs

Disco Lounge

photograph

Photograph of three African-American men seated in Zeb Bennett's lounge

Gee's Bend Collection Number 398, Archives Department (source)

Birmingham Public Library (Alabama) (publisher)

Reese, John (creator)

1980

Subjects

Bars (Drinking establishments)

Ethel Mae Pettway

photograph

Photograph of Ethal Mae Pettway. Sign reads: United States Post Office Boykin, Alabama.

Gee's Bend Collection Number 398, Archives Department. (source)

Birmingham Public Library (Alabama) (publisher)

Reese, John (creator)

1980

Subjects

Project Farm

photograph

Photograph of a Gee's Bend project farm. Several structures can be seen in the background, including a white house with a wash line and some older buildings which appear to be a barn and a small shed.

Gee's Bend Collection Number 398, Archives Department. (source)

Birmingham Public Library (Alabama) (publisher)

Reese, John (creator)

1980

Subjects

Farms--Alabama

Roger Pettway Farm, Spring Plowing

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Photograph of African-American man plowing a field on the Roger Pettway farm.

Gee's Bend Collection Number 398, Archives Department. (source)

Birmingham Public Library (Alabama) (publisher)

Reese, John (creator)

1980

Subjects

Hargrove Kennedy and friends

photograph

Photograph of Hargrove Kennedy (left) and two other African-American men, one standing, one seated. The one seated at right appears to be looking at a photo album. A school bus can be seen in the back

Gee's Bend Collection Number 398, Archives Department. (source)

Birmingham Public Library (Alabama) (publisher)

Reese, John (creator)

1980

Subjects

Kennedy family

Molley Mooney with ladle

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Photograph of Molley Mooney with a ladle in one hand and what appears to be a bucket in the other

Gee's Bend Collection Number 398, Archives Department. (source)

United States. Farm Security Administration. (creator)

Pettway, Roman (contributor)

Subjects

Mooney family

Lucy Pettway

photograph

Photograph of Lucy Pettway. She appears to be sewing braided fabric strips.

Gee's Bend Collection Number 398, Archives Department. (source)

Birmingham Public Library (Alabama) (publisher)

Reese, John (creator)

1980

Subjects

Handicraft--Alabama

Molley Mooney

photograph

Photograph of Molley Mooney stirring a pot while two small children watch

Gee's Bend Collection Number 398, Archives Department. (source)

United States. Farm Security Administration. (publisher)

Pettway, Roman (contributor)

Subjects

Mooney family

The Past

photograph

Photo of a chimney overgrown with brush. Appears to be ruins of an old house.

Gee's Bend Collection Number 398, Archives Department. (source)

Birmingham Public Library (Alabama) (publisher)

Reese, John (creator)

1980

Subjects

Chimneys

Chimneys

Roman Pettway

photograph

Photograph of Roman Pettway

Gee's Bend Collection Number 398, Archives Department. (source)

Birmingham Public Library (Alabama) (publisher)

Reese, John (creator)

1980

Subjects

Reverend Spurling Pettway

photograph

Photograph of Reverend Spurling Pettway

Gee's Bend Collection Number 398, Archives Department. (source)

Birmingham Public Library (Alabama) (publisher)

Reese, John (creator)

1980

Subjects

Pettway Store

photograph

Photograph of the interior of Pettway Store with pot-bellied stove in foreground. Two people, and African-American woman and man, are visible in background.

Gee's Bend Collection Number 398, Archives Department. (source)

Birmingham Public Library (Alabama) (publisher)

Reese, John (creator)

1980

Subjects

General stores

Pettway Store

photograph

Monroe Pettway 2nd from left. Five African-American men seated in front of the Pettway store. At the viewer's right there is a Pepsi vending machine.

Gee's Bend Collection Number 398, Archives Department. (source)

Birmingham Public Library (Alabama) (publisher)

Reese, John (creator)

1980

Subjects

General stores

Reuben Pettway

photograph

Photograph of Reuben Pettway with what appears to be a vehicle in background

Gee's Bend Collection Number 398, Archives Department. (source)

Birmingham Public Library (Alabama) (publisher)

Reese, John (creator)

1980

Subjects

Project well and pump

photograph

Photograph of a project well and pump. An African-American woman appears to be filling a bucket at the pump.

Gee's Bend Collection Number 398, Archives Department. (source)

United States. Farm Security Administration. (creator)

Wilcox County (Alabama) Courthouse Collection (contributor)

Subjects