Pioneers with manatee, c. 1897
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Material Information

Title:
Pioneers with manatee, c. 1897
Series Title:
Boca Raton News Photograph Collection
Donor:
Gift of the Boca Raton Historical Society.
Publisher:
Boca Raton News
Publication Date:
Physical Description:
1 black and white print; 9 x 6 inches
Physical Location:
Collection A0012, Box 2

Subjects

Subjects / Keywords:
Williams, Ethel Sterling, 1891-1987
Sterling family
Pioneers
Group portraits
Boca Raton News Photograph Collection
Spatial Coverage:
Florida -- Delray Beach
Coordinates:
26.526937 x -80.053477

Notes

General Note:
Group of men and women, White and Black, and one girl, standing in front of a horse-drawn wagon with a manatee or shell-less turtle. The women hold pans and one man holds an ax. Young girl on left is Ethel Sterling and woman in spotted top is her mother, Mary Sterling. Ethel Sterling Williams (1891-1987) arrived in Linton (now Delray Beach) Florida when she was five years old. After graduating from Wesleyan College for Women in Macon, Georgia, she returned to Delray Beach to teach. She later became the founder and first president of the Delray Beach Historical Society.
General Note:
A0012-2-184
General Note:
Gift of the Boca Raton Historical Society.

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/NoC-US/1.0/
Resource Identifier:
FI21020229 ( FIU number )
2016.008 ( Accession number )

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Aggregations:
Boynton Beach City Library Local History Archives