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Diane Foster and Elizabeth Ellis playing on a make-shift seesaw in the dirt yard in front of a brick house in Newtown, a neighborhood in Montgomery, Alabama.

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@ Alabama Dept. of Archives and History, 624 Washington Ave., Montgomery, AL 36130

Peppler, Jim

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Angelina Foster and Robert Harris are standing behind the seesaw, which made from wooden planks and cinder blocks. The children are jumping on the ends rather than sitting on them. This image was taken for (but not used in) the article and photo spread "'Newtown'--A Community Apart," which appeared on pages 4 and 5 of The Southern Courier for August 26-27, 1967. The issue is available online (not on the ADAH website): http://www.southerncourier.org/low-res/Vol3_No35_1967_08_26.pdf
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4000 Ppi Tiff
Created Date:
1967 August
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Copyright, Alabama Department of Archives and History.
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Jim Peppler Southern Courier Photograph Collection

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Alabama Dept. of Archives and History, 624 Washington Ave., Montgomery, AL 36130