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Title: Arthur "Red" McVey Year: Unknown
Photo ID: 3490 Dimensions: H 4 1/2" x L 2 3/4"
Format: Photograph (Black & White) Condition: Fair
Collection: Worthington Family Collection Repository Private Collection
 
Notes: State of West Virginia, Montani Semper Liberi. Mason-Dixon Line. Made famous as line between the free and slave states. In 1763, started to fix Maryland and Pennsylvania boundaries. Halted by Indian wars, 1767. In 1782, continued to southwest corner of Pennsylvania. Checked and ???ently marked, 1784.
Notes on back: (Left) Red McVey & ? (Norman Baker)from Oswego, Or. 402 [stamp].
Duplication rights: Credit Lake Oswego Public Library
Keywords: Sign; men; post; bowtie; suspenders; handkerchief
Subjects: People; Landscape; Worthington Family