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Annie Mae Meriwether, Alabama 1935

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Annette Wright

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08/15/2012

Annie Mae Meriwether, Alabama 1935

THIS IS ANNIE MAE MERIWETHER WHO WAS MARRIED TO JIM PRESS MERIWETHER OUT OF LOWNDES COUNTY ALABAMA NEAR SANDY SPRINGS, FT. DEPOSIT. HER PHOTO IS HANGING IN THE BROOKLYN MUSEUM OF ARTS IN NEW YORK. IT WAS TAKEN IN 1935 BY A PHOTOGRAPHER NAMED CONSUELA KANAGA WHO TOOK PICS OF AFRICAN AMERICANS BACK THEN.

Date & Place: 1935 at Consuela Kanaga Portraits in Lowndes County, Alabama USA

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Annette Wright

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06/06/2013

This 27 year old Annie Mae Meriweather. They spelled it different through the years. Today the name is Merriweather.

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Annie Mae Meriwether born 1909 Birmingham, Alabama, Us

ANNIE MAE MERIWEATHER/MERIWEATHER FIRST HUSBAND WAS JIM PRESS MERIWETHER, 2ND HUSBAND WAS ROBERT TAYLOR.

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