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Joe and Lou Wells Item Info

Title:
Joe and Lou Wells
Date Created (ISO Standard):
1900
Approximated Date:
yes
Description:
Joe and Lou Wells, pioneers of the Deary area. From Trees Grew Tall: 'Joe came from North Carolina with the Wells brothers, Frank and Crom, in 1889. He had been a slave, born in 1858, and freed by the Civil War. The Wells brothers took him as their ward and treated him like a brother. Joe loved them equally, and took their surname. When the Wells came West, Joe and his young wife, Lou, came along. '
Subjects:
African American enslaved people pioneers men women couples portraits
Location:
Deary, Idaho
Latitude:
46.799474
Longitude:
-116.55881
Source:
John B. Miller
Source Identifier:
pg12-032
Type:
Image;Stillimage
Format Original:
7x10 black and white print
Format:
image/jpeg

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Preferred Citation:
"Joe and Lou Wells", The Trees Grew Tall Photograph Collection, University of Idaho Library Digital Collections, https://www.lib.uidaho.edu/digital/treesgrewtall/items/trees0.html
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