Harkless and Mary Hadley

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Harkless and Mary Hadley

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Image

Description

A portrait of Harkless and Mary Hadley, owners of Hadley Groceries on West Brevard street, Tallahassee, which operated from the 1900s to the 1970s. Born into slavery in Georgia, Harkless moved to Tallahassee in the early 1900s and established the family business. His sons Thomas and Ralph later ran the store, with Ralph later starting his own grocery store, as well as a gas station and auto dealership.

Genre

Photographs

Place

Tallahassee (Fla.)

Physical Description

1 item

Identifier

JGRCMA-FC-B042A-F026-I001

Topics

African American families
Business enterprises, Black
African American couples
African Americans--Portraits
Pioneer Tallahassee families

Physical Location

Families Collection, John G. Riley House Archives, Tallahassee Community College Library, Tallahassee, Florida.

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