Artists, M.E. Oliver, of Huntsville, silk screen, 1959 ["Slow Joe" mill] [graphic] / Ernie Deane [photographer]. 1959.

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Artists, M.E. Oliver, of Huntsville, silk screen, 1959 ["Slow Joe" mill] [graphic] / Ernie Deane [photographer]. 1959.

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Negative taken for April 19, 1959, Arkansas Gazette article "He Came Home to Paint Hills of His Boyhood," E1:1. Marvin E. Oliver of Huntsville, Madison County, Arkansas, poses with his silk screen prints and oil paintings of images from his youth. Oliver made a model of the meal-grinding operation, locally called a "Slow Joe" mill (1818.2) A similar style mill is feature in Oliver's drawing of "Slow Tom Hollow," a "Slow Joe" style mill operated by a man named Tom near Whitter, Madison County, Arkansas when Oliver was a boy. (1818.3) The drawings also include the scene of a man working a unique lathe hr titled, "Will it run?" (1818.1).

1 negative : b&w ; 6 x 6 cm. (2 x 2 in.)

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Deane, Ernie

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Arkansas History Commission

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The Arkansas History Commission was created by the General Assembly in 1905. Inspired and guided during its early years by John Hugh Reynolds, the commission is the official archives of the state, responsible for collecting and preserving the source materials of the history of Arkansas. From the description of Arkansas History Commission records, 1905-1984 [microform]. (Arkansas History Commission). WorldCat record id: 244818119 ...

Oliver, Marvin E., 1888-1974.

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