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unknown, fl. 1918; Hog Killing Time in Dixie

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09724.08 Author/Creator: unknown, fl. 1918; Place Written: Scooba, Mississippi Type: Photograph Date: 16 December 1918 Pagination: 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.9 x 11.3 cm. Order a Copy

One black and white photograph dated December 16, 1918. Image is of four Black people in front of a cooking area and two pigs hanging. On the reverse side is a note that reads, "Hog-Killing Time. In Dixie." Also listed is the date and location of the photograph.

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