- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Lewis McIver
- Creator:
- Bell, Malcolm, 1913-2001
- Contributor to Resource:
- Bell, Muriel Barrow
- Date of Original:
- 1939
- Subject:
- Fishers--Georgia--Pin Point
African American men--Georgia--Pin Point
Men--Georgia--Pin Point
African American fishers--Georgia--Pin Point
Fishing nets--Georgia--Pin Point
Federal Writers' Project
Overalls--Georgia--Pin Point
McIver, Lewis - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Chatham County, Pin Point, 31.95327, -81.09233
- Medium:
- black-and-white photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Malcolm Bell Jr. and his wife, Muriel Barrow Bell, worked in 1939 with the Federal Writers' Project to document the African heritage in coastal Georgia. This portrait of Lewis McIver, a fisherman at Pin Point, is one of the many photographs composed by the couple during that year.
Portrait of Lewis McIver, a fisherman at Pin Point, Georgia. He wears overalls and holds a fishing net in his left hand. Malcolm Bell Jr. and his wife, Muriel Barrow Bell, worked in 1939 with the Federal Writers' Project to document the African heritage in coastal Georgia. This photograph was created as part of the Federal Writers' Project. - Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/malcolm-bell-jr-1913-2001/m-7919/
- Rights Holder:
- Courtesy of the Georgia Historical Society
Georgia Historical Society - Original Collection:
- http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/malcolm-bell-jr-1913-2001
Forms part of: New Georgia Encyclopedia
Photograph by Malcolm and Muriel Bell. - Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
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