Silver Hook Fishing Club photograph
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of one sepia-tone photograph, mounted on board, of members of the Silver Hook Fishing Club. The photograph was taken by E. W. Brown of Moorefield, West Virginia. It is inscribed at the top "Camp of the Silver Hook Fishing Club." In the photograph, a group of men are pictured at their camp, and a couple of the men are African American. Several of the men are holding rifles. Also visible are three dogs, one of which appears emaciated. The photograph is dated circa 1900.
Dates
- circa 1900
Creator
- Brown, E. W. (Person)
Language
The materials are in English
Conditions Governing Access
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Conditions Governing Use
Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, the North Carolina Public Records Act (N.C.G.S. § 132 1 et seq.), and Article 7 of the North Carolina State Personnel Act (Privacy of State Employee Personnel Records, N.C.G.S. § 126-22 et seq.). Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable living individuals represented in this collection without the consent of those individuals may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an individual's private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable person) for which the Appalachian State University assumes no responsibility.
Extent
0.01 Linear Feet (1 envelope)
Acquisition note
Purchased in 2014
Processing Information
Processed by Kim Sims, March 2022
- African Americans Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Dogs Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Hunting and fishing clubs Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Moorefield (W. Va.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Silver Hook Fishing Club (Moorefield, West Virginia)
- Title
- Silver Hook Fishing Club photograph
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Kim Sims
- Date
- March 2022
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections Research Center Repository
