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Title	Lee, John A.
Subject	Pioneers--Montana--Yellowstone County--Billings. African Americans--Montana. Rogers, Ginger, 1911-1995. Wayman Chapel.
Description	Born a slave in Charleston, South Carolina on May 14, 1848. Came to Coulson and Billings, Montana in 1882. One of four Americans of African descent in Billings in 1882. Steward at the Midland Club and then the Billings Commercial Club. Lived next door to Horace Bivens family at 106 South 25th. Member of Wayman Chapel. Unmarried. Presented with a $500 bonus to visit Charleston again - A young upcoming dancer, Ginger Rogers, performed at the Babcock Theater as part of the event - See Clubmen Honor Aged Steward, Billings Gazette, May 16, 1926, p.1. Died in 1928 and is buried at Mountview Cemetery - See Pioneer Negro Resident Dies, Billings Gazette, October 26, 1928.
Creator	Unknown
Date Original	1928
Contributing Institution	Parmly Billings Library
Contributors	Parmly Billings Library
Type	Text
Digital Format	image/tiff
Genre	documents
Source	Lee, John, bio.tif
Relation	See Clubmen Honor Aged Steward, Billings Gazette, May 16, 1926, p.1. See Pioneer Negro Resident Dies, Billings Gazette, October 26, 1928.
Rights Management	Parmly Billings Library is unaware of any copyright in the images in the collection. We encourage use of these materials under the fair use clause of the 1976 copyright act. All images in this collection may be used for educational, scholarly purposes and private study. We do request that a credit line be included with each item used. If you wish to publish or reproduce the material in any physical or digital form that exceeds that permitted by fair use or use them for any commercial purpose, including display or web page use, you must obtain prior written permission from Parmly Billings Library
Digitization Specifications	HP Scanner, unknown model, unknown scanning software; 62,594,150 Bytes file size for master TIF file; 4772 x 6109 dimension size for master TIF file; web-viewable images created from master TIF using Microsoft Office Picture Manager and CONTENTdm 6.0.
Date Digitized	2007-04-02

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