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Copy of a photograph of the interior of the Watauga Democrat building.
Transcription: Watauga Democrat Established 1888 R.C. Rivers, Prop. Boone, N.C. Actually, it was 1930-ish, and this was the backshop of our newspaper. Besdie the stove stands R.C. Rivers, Sr., holding blond Rebekah Rivers and brunett Kathryn McGee Coleman, daughter of Velma Rivers McGee. Next is printer Willard Beach, and on the right Jim Rivers - who wound up in Washington as executive director of the Tax executives Institute. There he was known as "Big Jim Rivers."

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Title Watauga Democrat c. 1930
Date (Text) circa 1930
Date 1925 - 1935
Geographic Coverage Boone (N.C.)
Watauga County (N.C.)
Subject (Images)
Type Image
Format Photographs
Black-and-white photographs
Language English
Digital Exhibit Historic Boone
Collection in Repository Historic Boone
Local Item/Call Number 3.20.1
Standard Rights Statement http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/UND/1.0/
Digitization Notes This item was digitized as part of the Digital Public Library of America Hubs Pilot, a project supported by the Digital Public Library of America with funding provided by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation.
Contributing Institution
Contact Information Watauga County Public Library | 140 Queen Street, Boone, NC 27607 | http://www.wataugacountylibrary.com/
Digital Collection Images of North Carolina

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