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Midwives

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)

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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

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Roger Pettway Farm, Spring Plowing

photograph

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

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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

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

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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

African American clergy

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

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