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Jerry and Rebecca Cotterall

Description: An African American couple sitting on the front porch of a house. The woman is wearing a polka dot dress and white apron. The man is wearing a suit and hat. A grape arbor is visible in the background. Identified as Jerry and Rebecca Cotterall or Cotrill. In 1900, they lived on Fawcett Street. This is likely the same house. Jerry, a farmer, was born in 1834. Rebecca was born in 1843. An accompanying note from the donor reads as follows.My stepfather, David Franklin Crosier, was white and often talked about the Cotteralls who were so good to him when he was a youngster. He was born in New Albany, I think, around 1897. He spent most of his business life in New York City and retired to Southbury, Connecticut where he died. He loved this picture and it was always on a wall wherever he lived.
Origin: about 1915
Source: http://nafclibrary.pastperfectonline.com/photo/40E79517-F32D-4109-AE42-414996567162
Collection: New Albany Historic Photograph Archive
Subjects: African Americans
Black Americans
Blacks
Farm buildings
Farm houses
Farm life
Farm produce
Farmers
Farmhouses
Farmland
Farms
Grapes
Grapevines
New Albany (Ind.)
People

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