Ambrose Gordon at Work on the Family Farmstead from Ross Hill, near Houston, Mississippi
Dublin Core
Title
Ambrose Gordon at Work on the Family Farmstead from Ross Hill, near Houston, Mississippi
Subject
Ross Hill, Houston, Mississippi, Family, Black Land Ownership, Agriculture
Description
This shows Ambrose Gordon at the family farmstead in Ross Hill, near Houston, MS. The Gordon family has a long history of living and owning land in the vicinity of Houston. This photo is marked as being from 1921, but seeing as Ambrose would have only been about 7 at that time, the recorded date calls for further investigation.
Publisher
Beloit Public Library, Edgewater Flats Photographic Gallery
Date
Circa 1921
Contributor
Lauren Woolf
Type
Still Image
Coverage
Houston, MS
Files
Collection
Citation
“Ambrose Gordon at Work on the Family Farmstead from Ross Hill, near Houston, Mississippi,” Coming Up North: A History Harvest About Black Migration to Beloit, Wisconsin, accessed November 16, 2024, https://beloitdigitalarchives.com/HistoryHarvest/items/show/177.