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Public Hanging

Description: Copy negative of two pictures of a group of men on a hanging platform where a man is about to be hanged, with a very large crowd in the background. This was the last public hanging for rape, held in Owensboro, Kentucky. Other pictures are partially visible below and on the left.
Date: unknown
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

Public Hanging; 3000 People in Crowd Witness Last Public Hanging

Description: Copy negative of two pictures concerning the last public hanging for rape in Owensboro, Kentucky. The first is of a group of men on a hanging platform where a man has just been hanged, with a very large crowd in the background. The second is a picture of just the crowd with buildings in the background. There is a descriptive typed note under the bottom picture.
Date: unknown
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

Portrait of Two Adults and Three Children

Description: Copy negative of a portrait of Henry and Melinda Roberts and their three children taken in Three Springs, Kentucky. They are in a yard in front of bushes and trees, and Mr. Roberts is sitting in a chair while Mrs. Roberts and their son and two daughters stand around him.
Date: unknown
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

Student in Front of Building

Description: Copy photograph of Elwin Skiles standing on the campus of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. Skiles is wearing slacks and a polo shirt. Behind him is a building with the name "James P. Boyce" over the door.
Date: unknown
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

Portrait of Man

Description: Copy negative of a portrait of Elwin Skiles wearing a suit. He would later become President of Hardin-Simmons University.
Date: unknown
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library
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