Harkless and Mary Hadley
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Title
Harkless and Mary Hadley
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Type
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.