Tom Lee Memorial, Memphis, Tennessee, waterfront, December 1968 [graphic] / Ernie Deane [photographer]. 1968.

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Tom Lee Memorial, Memphis, Tennessee, waterfront, December 1968 [graphic] / Ernie Deane [photographer]. 1968.

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Negative taken of the Tom Lee Memorial at the waterfront in Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee, in December of 1968. Lee was an African-American who saved people from the sinking U.S. Norman on May 8, 1925. The Monument reads, "Tom Lee memorial. A very worthy Negro. Tom Lee with his boat "Zev" saved thirty-two lives when the steamer U.S. Norman sank about twenty miles below Memphis may 8, 1925. But he has a finer monument than this - an invisible one. A monument of kindness, generosity, courage and bigness of heart. His good deeds were scattered everywhere that day and into eternity. This monument erected by the grateful people of Memphis. Watkins Overton, E.W. Hale, Frank Tobey, Walter Chandler, Will Fowler, John T. Dwyer, Col. Garner Miller, E.H. Crump, Chm.; John Vesey, O.P. Williams, Joe Boyle, Claude Armour, Joe Curtis, John Heiskell, Abe Plough, H.S. Lewis, Jim Wood, Hugo Dixon, Francis Andrews, Robert Fredericks."

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

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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 ...

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Whaling vessel, out of Nantucket, Mass., mastered by Joseph C. Chase; owners: G. & M. Starbuck Co. From the description of Slop chest list, 1851-1855. (Nantucket Hist Association). WorldCat record id: 71013574 Whaling vessel, out of Nantucket, Mass. From the description of Account book, 1848-1851. (Nantucket Hist Association). WorldCat record id: 71014174 Whaling vessel, out of Nantucket, Mass., mastered by John J. Gardner; owner-agent: G. & M. S...

Lee, Tommy, 1962-

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