Title
Katherine Eliska "Kate" Jemison, 1879 - 1933
Subject
Railroads
Mobile and Ohio Railroad Company
Description
One year before this photo of Kate Jemison was published in a 1899 Tuscaloosa Times there was a day of gaiety and celebration because of the completion of the Montgomery division of the Mobile and Ohio railroad. Jemison was the sponsor who was to drive the silver spike. Sue Clark and Lois Parker were her maids of honor.
A parade proceeded to the station where Jemison was given a silver spike and an oak hammer. Taking them, she drove the spike amid tremendous applause and then made the following address:
Ladies and Gentlemen: As the representatives of the city of Tuscaloosa we, the sponsor and maids of honor, take great pleasure and delight in seeing you here today, and we bid you all an earnest Tuscaloosa welcome and shall be glad to see you at all times."
Kate Jemison was 20 years of age in 1899 and was the daughter of Mayor William Carlos Jemison and Eliska Leftwich Jemison.
A parade proceeded to the station where Jemison was given a silver spike and an oak hammer. Taking them, she drove the spike amid tremendous applause and then made the following address:
Ladies and Gentlemen: As the representatives of the city of Tuscaloosa we, the sponsor and maids of honor, take great pleasure and delight in seeing you here today, and we bid you all an earnest Tuscaloosa welcome and shall be glad to see you at all times."
Kate Jemison was 20 years of age in 1899 and was the daughter of Mayor William Carlos Jemison and Eliska Leftwich Jemison.
Source
Tuscaloosa News Archive
Publisher
The Tuscaloosa Times
Date
May 12, 1899
Contributor
Betty Slowe (Description)
Type
Photograph
Identifier
1212
Coverage
Tuscaloosa (AL)
Original Format
Photograph