Oral history.; Mr. Sank Powe was born in the Delta in Elizabeth, Mississippi, on April 20, 1942. Growing up, Mr. Powe often worked in the cotton fields for meager wages. Mr. Powe attended Mound Bayou High School, Jackson State University and Delta...
Oral history.; Two interviews conducted on August 23 and October 30, 1974 with Mr. Joe Reyer at his home in Poplarville, Mississippi. Reyer was born in 1893 in Pearl River County, Mississippi. He attended an agricultural high school, now Pearl...
Oral history.; An interview conducted on October 24, 1975 with the Honorable O.H. Barnett (born 1902). Mr. Barnett was elected Circuit Court Judge in 1958 and served until 1975. He presided during the civil rights movement in the 1960s, during the...
Oral history.; Mr. Terry Allen Broadus was born on October 11, 1938. Mr. Broadus enrolled at Perkinston Agricultural High School in 1952 and later received a baseball scholarship to attend Perkinston Junior College. In the late 1960s, Mr. Broadus...
From the Thigpen (S.G.) Papers. Photograph of a Ford Model T with an American flag on the window surrounded by children. A fueling station is on the left behind the crowd and a Ford sign is mounted on the building behind the automobile.
From the Robert C. Waller Photographs. Photograph (positive image of a negative) of the Hattiesburg High School driver training car provided by McArthur Chevrolet.
From the Robert C. Waller Photographs. Photograph (positive image of a negative) of the Oak Grove, Mississippi, driver training car provided by McArthur Chevrolet.
Photograph of Mississippi license plate 10S01 and an article from the Alumni Association publication about the new plates, sale of which generate funds for scholarships in addition to the standard tax fees. The article photo shows Delbert Dearman,...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A man labeled "Chrysler" wearing a patched suit holds out an empty mug like someone begging for money. He stands next to a car, in front of which is a sign that reads "More help...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A man bundled up in winter clothing and accessories, including a weather vane on his hat, drives a car with a license plate that reads, "Winter '82." He is driving down a road...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A huge skeleton wears a pullover shirt that is labeled, "Metro Safety Council's report on accidental deaths in La. during 1968." Across the skull's forehead is a car, its wheels...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. An American soldier in a Jeep is on a road labeled, "Vietnam." The jungle is on either side of the road, and the road makes a winding descent through a valley. A mile marker...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A sign on a pole next to the curb reads, "Positively no parkng anytime zone." A truck and several cars are piled up under the sign. A man nearby says, "What about THIS zoning...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A car labeled, "Careful!...Drivers" is at the bottom of the cartoon, with a person behind the wheel. The person is leaning forward to look up through the windsheld at three very...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. The Democratic donkey is driving an automobile labeled “Off to Chicago” on a highway. Luggage is stacked on the car trunk. The Republican elephant is running in the opposite...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Vic Runtz. Indonesian President Sukarno is driving a convertible automobile across a spherical, unmarked surface which may indicate the planet Earth. The hood ornament of the car is an atomic...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by John Riedell. Henry Cabot Lodge tries to dislodge a huge boulder from a roadway on a mountain pass. A directional sign on the road labeled "Peace ? kilometers" points the way, but the boulder,...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Vic Runtz. On a road a man drives a car with "More and more cars" on the grill. He is being followed closely by a second car with "Record fatalities" on the grill, driven by the Grim Reaper (a...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by John Stampone. A man and woman stand beside their small car, a Volkswagen Beetle, which is parked in front of their small house. Next door is a very large house with double garage and fenced...
