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Picking Cotton
Description:
Two unidentified women pick cotton near Mobile, Alabama. The photograph was taken on behalf of the Gulf, Mobile and Northern Railroad.
Creator:
S. Blake McNeely
Date:
c. 1930
Keywords:
labor, cotton, women, hats, African Americans, fields
Eating Oysters
Description:
A group of men line up along a bar covered with oysters in the shell. The sign in the background reads "Regular oysters for regular men, cock oysters for cocksmen." This photo was taken circa 1930.
Creator:
S. Blake McNeely
Date:
n.d.
Keywords:
Men, seafood, coats, hats, oysters
Boy Fishing
Description:
A young boy relaxes as he fishes in a pond. This image was taken around 1930.
Creator:
S. Blake McNeely
Date:
n.d.
Keywords:
Fishing, fishing rods, hats, boys, children, ponds, stumps, lily pads
Weighing Cotton
Description:
Men weighing cotton bales in Atmore, Alabama.
Creator:
S. Blake McNeely
Date:
1946
Keywords:
African Americans, cotton bales
Picking Cotton
Description:
An unknown woman and child picking cotton at a farm in Atmore, Alabama.
Creator:
S. Blake McNeely
Date:
1946
Keywords:
African Americans, children, cotton picking
Bush, Curtis
Description:
Curtis Bush was King Felix III for Mardi Gras 1935. Here is seen leaving his yacht, which brings him every year from the Isle of Joy to the foot of the Mobile River so that he may reign over Mardi Gra…
Creator:
S. Blake McNeely
Date:
1935
Keywords:
Mardi Gras, royalty, recreation, leisure, costumes, revelers, Seneca
Lyons, Alleta
Description:
J. Roy Albright's queen the year he was crown King Felix III was Alleta Lyons (Mrs. Frank Pope). Here they pose with their entire court. The woman standing to the right is Mabel Bedsole and her knight…
Creator:
S. Blake McNeely
Date:
1946
Keywords:
Mardi Gras, royalty, women, recreation, leisure, costumes, crowns, revelers, ladies-in-waiting, scepters, children, trains, capes, flowers
Spinsters
Description:
One of the things the Spinsters used to do was select a bachelor from among Mobile's eligible men and announce his name via the newspaper every Valentine's Day. Here we see four Spinsters posing in th…
Creator:
S. Blake McNeely
Date:
1938
Keywords:
Mardi Gras, mystic societies, women, groups, recreation, leisure, masks, maskers, costumes, revelers, skits, plays, tableaux
Spinsters
Description:
Founded in 1911, the Spinsters were made up of unmarried women of Mobile, Alabama, although they changed that rule later so that married ladies could remain a part of the group. Their emblem is a parr…
Creator:
S. Blake McNeely
Date:
1941
Keywords:
Mardi Gras, mystic societies, women, groups, recreation, leisure, masks, maskers, costumes, revelers, skits, plays, tableaux
Santa Claus Society
Description:
The Santa Claus mystic society of Mobile, Alabama, was founded in 1886. The society started life as the S.C.S. society. The meaning behind the initials is believed to be secret to this day. The local …
Creator:
S. Blake McNeely
Date:
1936
Keywords:
Mardi Gras, recreation, leisure, mystic societies, skits, plays, tableaux, costumes, women, groups, flowers, masks, maskers
