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Old-time and home-made things at Ben Chesser's, June 1, 1930

 File — Container: Series VII: Box 18A, Folder: 162

Dates

  • Creation: June 1, 1930

General

Number 777. Georgia: Okefinokee Swamp, Chesser's Island. Potato stick, gator pick, bottle cleaner (for syrup), battlin' stick, scrub (of palmetto), broom (of palmetto), grainin' knife (for deer hides), basket of wire grass (made by old [African American]), skimmer (for syrup), dip gourd (for syrup), otter board, hunting horn, 'wax-tweezers,' bread tray (made for Sam Chesser), draw knife, spider, swingle-trees.

Repository Details

Part of the University of Kansas. Kenneth Spencer Research Library Repository

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