A photo of Alex Occoma in the Great Smoky Mountains, TN, 1939 - Centenarian mountain man
Alex Occoma, a 100-year-old Cherokee Indian, standing on a hillside. He wears patched and torn overalls and shirt and is leaning on a pole or long stick.
People in photo include: Alex Occoma
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at Great Smoky Mountains in United States
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