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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
- Original Format:
- 7x10 black and white print
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Language:
- eng
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- Citation:
- "Joe and Lou Wells", 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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