Ivah Ree Harris, wearing a swimsuit

ID: 1007 ~ Source: Judy Coker Benowitz ~ Creator: Harris Family ~ Date: ca. 1930s
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A white woman with wet, dark hair, wearing a dark swimsuit with a rope belt and floral pattern on the top, leaning against a tree with a beach structure in the background.

This file appears in: Making Do and Making Money

By Judy Coker Benowitz
"My mother grew up on a farm with her six siblings. They grew their own food, and I believe there were cotton fields, too. After graduating from high school, Mother went to work at Barrow Manufacturing, also known as the pants…