Ethel Sims Pierce, c 1978
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Material Information

Title:
Ethel Sims Pierce, c 1978
Series Title:
Boynton Beach Photograph Collection
Creator:
James Hartley Nichols ( Photographer )
Publication Date:
Physical Description:
1 black and white print; 7 inches square
Physical Location:
Collection A0013, Box 39

Subjects

Subjects / Keywords:
Pierce, Ethel Sims
Older people
Postmasters
Dogs
Oral histories
Portraits
Boynton Beach Photograph Collection
Spatial Coverage:
Florida -- Boynton Beach
Coordinates:
26.525746 x -80.068605

Notes

General Note:
Ethel Sims Pierce, seated in a lawn chair holding a small dog. Historical note: Born 10 Dec 1890 in Boston, Georgia. Following her family, she lived in various places through Florida and Panama until moving with them to Jupiter in 1914. She became the postmaster there in 1918. She married Boynton postmaster Charles W. Pierce in 1924. When her husband died in 1939, she assumed the position of Boynton postmaster until 1956. She died in 1987. An oral history with Ethel Pierce is available online at http://boynton-beach.org/library/archives-oralhistory
General Note:
Item number: A0013-39-001

Record Information

Source Institution:
Boynton Beach City Library Local History Archives
Holding Location:
Boynton Beach City Library Local History Archives
Rights Management:
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
Resource Identifier:
FI19041242 ( FIUnumber )

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Aggregations:
Boynton Beach City Library Local History Archives