James Shepperson, labor recruiter, ca. 1915
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Citation
“James Shepperson, labor recruiter, ca. 1915,” Brooks Library Digital Collections, accessed May 19, 2013, http://digital.lib.cwu.edu/items/show/7049.
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Title
James Shepperson, labor recruiter, ca. 1915
Subject
African-American; Roslyn, Washington; Kittitas County (Wash.) - History; Labor disputes; Shepperson, James; Strikes; Mining; Coal mines
Description
James Shepperson, Kittitas County businessman and labor recruiter in the 1880s and 1890s, was an early spokesman for the black community. He was the original founder of the Black Mason group in Washington State. Shepperson was also one of the Seattle branch of the International Council of the World in 1901. This ca. 1915 photograph was from a newspaper article.
Source
Ellensburg Public Library
Date
ca. 1915
Contributor
Ellensburg Public Library
Rights
Permission to reproduce this image must be requested from the director of the Ellensburg Public Library Local History Collection.
Format
Scanned photographic print March 2001, DPI- 300, JPEG, with a Microtek Scanmaker 6400 XL.
Type
Photograph
Coverage
Washington (State) - Kittitas County - Roslyn