Photograph
Washing Clothes, South Wall Street
| Two women wash clothes in large pails, while a girl and a young man stand nearby. "43 people, 10 families, share three outdoor hydrants. 8 people share 1 indoor hydrant. There are no baths or showers." Fifty-one people, twenty-five under the age of 16, living in 8 buildings share two toilets and 4 water hydrants in the South Wall Street neighborhood of Natchez. |
| Image ID: | 99057 |
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| Creation Date: | circa 1966 |
| Creator Name: | Unknown |
| City: | Natchez |
| County: | |
| State: | Mississippi |
| Collection Name: | Robert Beech papers, 1963-1972 (bulk 1964-1967) |
| Genre: | Photograph |
| Original Format Type: | photographic print, b&w |
| Original Format Number: | PH Mss 945.4A |
| Original Dimensions: | 10 x 8 inches |
| Images, data, and quotations come from the "Natchez Poverty Report," prepared by Mark Lundeen and Barbara Shelly under the supervision of Robert (Bob) Beech for the Delta Ministry. Image C1 |
| Clothing and dress |
| Housekeeping |
| Dwellings |
| Slums |
| African Americans |
| Children and adults |
| Men |
| Outdoor photography |
| Women |
| Poverty |
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| Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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