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Title: Stinking Creek
Identifier: e_srn_0070
Creator: Nickerson, Steven R.
Dates: circa 1990
Resource: Steven R. Nickerson photographic archive
Description: Detroit Free Press caption reads: M.D.'s cousin, John Henry Brown, gets a hug from (clockwise) wife Barbara, son Steven, and nieces Misty and Kelly Brown. From the Detroit Free Press Magazine story, "On Stinking Creek", 1990/09/09, about a small Appala...
Show moreDetroit Free Press caption reads: M.D.'s cousin, John Henry Brown, gets a hug from (clockwise) wife Barbara, son Steven, and nieces Misty and Kelly Brown. From the Detroit Free Press Magazine story, "On Stinking Creek", 1990/09/09, about a small Appalachian community in Eastern Kentucky where residents over generations have migrated to Detroit for better jobs and often back to their mountain community life. (The Detroit Free Press nominated Nickerson's photo essay for a Pulitzer Prize in feature photography in 1991.)
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Title: Stinking Creek
Identifier: e_srn_0106
Creator: Nickerson, Steven R.
Dates: circa 1987
Resource: Steven R. Nickerson photographic archive
Description: Photograph of Henry Brown and his wife Carrie Brown in Stinking Creek, Kentucky. Nickerson has described the photo as, "One of my favorite images ever. It is from Stinking Creek. Henry is 107; it's his eighth wife. He had 18 kids and 42 grand kids and ...
Show morePhotograph of Henry Brown and his wife Carrie Brown in Stinking Creek, Kentucky. Nickerson has described the photo as, "One of my favorite images ever. It is from Stinking Creek. Henry is 107; it's his eighth wife. He had 18 kids and 42 grand kids and another 76 great grand kids - mind blowing. One of my top hundred most memorable experiences - way near the top."
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Title: Stinking Creek
Identifier: e_srn_0075
Creator: Nickerson, Steven R.
Dates: circa 1990
Resource: Steven R. Nickerson photographic archive
Description: Detroit Free Press caption reads: Sometimes Peggy Kemner says a little prayer to make it from house to house. Sometimes to visit her patients, she must drive through streams and over rickety, homemade bridges. From the Detroit Free Press Magazine story...
Show moreDetroit Free Press caption reads: Sometimes Peggy Kemner says a little prayer to make it from house to house. Sometimes to visit her patients, she must drive through streams and over rickety, homemade bridges. From the Detroit Free Press Magazine story, "On Stinking Creek", 1990/09/09, about a small Appalachian community in Eastern Kentucky where residents over generations have migrated to Detroit for better jobs and often back to their mountain community life.(The Detroit Free Press nominated Nickerson's photo essay for a Pulitzer Prize in feature photography in 1991.)
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Title: Stinking Creek
Identifier: e_srn_0076
Creator: Nickerson, Steven R.
Dates: circa 1990
Resource: Steven R. Nickerson photographic archive
Description: Photograph of Pastor A.B. Smallwood handling a "serpent" during a church service, From the Detroit Free Press Magazine story, "On Stinking Creek", 1990/09/09, about a small Appalachian community in Eastern Kentucky where residents over generations have...
Show morePhotograph of Pastor A.B. Smallwood handling a "serpent" during a church service, From the Detroit Free Press Magazine story, "On Stinking Creek", 1990/09/09, about a small Appalachian community in Eastern Kentucky where residents over generations have migrated to Detroit for better jobs and often back to their mountain community life. (The Detroit Free Press nominated Nickerson's photo essay for a Pulitzer Prize in feature photography in 1991.)
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Title: Stinking Creek
Identifier: e_srn_0094
Creator: Nickerson, Steven R.
Dates: circa 1987-1991
Resource: Steven R. Nickerson photographic archive
Description: Detroit Free Press caption reads: Aaron Collins is only 2, but some day he will be faced with the decision to stay or leave Stinking Creek. His father Gilbert (background) who has never left says: "My kids would do better to leave, I sure didn't do to...
Show moreDetroit Free Press caption reads: Aaron Collins is only 2, but some day he will be faced with the decision to stay or leave Stinking Creek. His father Gilbert (background) who has never left says: "My kids would do better to leave, I sure didn't do too good."
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Title: Stinking Creek
Identifier: e_srn_0104
Creator: Nickerson, Steven R.
Dates: circa 1990
Resource: Steven R. Nickerson photographic archive
Description: Detroit Free Press caption reads: Aaron Collins, age 2, pushes a toy truck near his Great-grandmother Carrie Brown's house. From the Detroit Free Press Magazine story, "On Stinking Creek," 1990/09/09, about a small Appalachian community in Eastern Ken...
Show moreDetroit Free Press caption reads: Aaron Collins, age 2, pushes a toy truck near his Great-grandmother Carrie Brown's house. From the Detroit Free Press Magazine story, "On Stinking Creek," 1990/09/09, about a small Appalachian community in Eastern Kentucky where residents over generations have migrated to Detroit for better jobs and often back to their mountain community life. (The Detroit Free Press nominated Nickerson's photo essay for a Pulitzer Prize in feature photography in 1991.)
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Title: Stinking Creek
Identifier: e_srn_0077
Creator: Nickerson, Steven R.
Dates: circa 1990
Resource: Steven R. Nickerson photographic archive
Description: Photograph of members of the House of Prayer leaving a one-room cinder-block building, which is a temporary gathering place for the church, From the Detroit Free Press Magazine story, "On Stinking Creek", 1990/09/09, about a small Appalachian community...
Show morePhotograph of members of the House of Prayer leaving a one-room cinder-block building, which is a temporary gathering place for the church, From the Detroit Free Press Magazine story, "On Stinking Creek", 1990/09/09, about a small Appalachian community in Eastern Kentucky where residents over generations have migrated to Detroit for better jobs and often back to their mountain community life. (The Detroit Free Press nominated Nickerson's photo essay for a Pulitzer Prize in feature photography in 1991.)
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Title: Stinking Creek
Identifier: e_srn_0039
Creator: Nickerson, Steven R.
Dates: circa 1990
Resource: Steven R. Nickerson photographic archive
Description: Detroit Free Press caption reads: A young worshipper doses while the rest of the congregation prays during a marathon evening service at A.B. Smallwood's House of Prayer. From the Detroit Free Press Magazine story, "On Stinking Creek," 1990/09/09, abou...
Show moreDetroit Free Press caption reads: A young worshipper doses while the rest of the congregation prays during a marathon evening service at A.B. Smallwood's House of Prayer. From the Detroit Free Press Magazine story, "On Stinking Creek," 1990/09/09, about a small Appalachian community in Eastern Kentucky where residents over generations have migrated to Detroit for better jobs and often back to their mountain community life. (The Detroit Free Press nominated Nickerson's photo essay for a Pulitzer Prize in feature photography in 1991.)
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Title: Stinking Creek
Identifier: e_srn_0062
Creator: Nickerson, Steven R.
Dates: circa 1990
Resource: Steven R. Nickerson photographic archive
Description: Detroit Free Press caption reads: A.B. Smallwood, a logger and pastor of the House of Prayer, maneuvers a 500-pound log down a hill with the help of his horse, Bob. Born in Stinking Creek, A.B. worked in Detroit for six years and still carries a tatter...
Show moreDetroit Free Press caption reads: A.B. Smallwood, a logger and pastor of the House of Prayer, maneuvers a 500-pound log down a hill with the help of his horse, Bob. Born in Stinking Creek, A.B. worked in Detroit for six years and still carries a tattered union card from his days at Ford. He became a Christian and returned to Kentucky in 1975. From the Detroit Free Press Magazine story, "On Stinking Creek," 1990/09/09, about a small Appalachian community in Eastern Kentucky where residents over generations have migrated to Detroit for better jobs and often back to their mountain community life. (The Detroit Free Press nominated Nickerson's photo essay for a Pulitzer Prize in feature photography in 1991.)
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Title: Stinking Creek
Identifier: e_srn_0144
Creator: Nickerson, Steven R.
Dates: 1990-09-09
Resource: Steven R. Nickerson photographic archive
Description: Copy slide of a tear sheet from the Detroit Free Press Magazine photo essay, "On Stinking Creek", September 9, 1990, (The Detroit Free Press nominated Nickerson's photo essay for a Pulitzer Prize in feature photography in 1991.)

Title: Stinking Creek
Identifier: e_srn_0145
Creator: Nickerson, Steven R.
Dates: 1990-09-09
Resource: Steven R. Nickerson photographic archive
Description: Copy slide of a tear sheet from the Detroit Free Press Magazine photo essay, "On Stinking Creek", September 9, 1990,(The Detroit Free Press nominated Nickerson's photo essay for a Pulitzer Prize in feature photography in 1991.)

Title: Stinking Creek
Identifier: e_srn_0065
Creator: Nickerson, Steven R.
Dates: circa 1990
Resource: Steven R. Nickerson photographic archive
Description: Detroit Free Press caption reads: Nurse/midwife Peggy Kemner chats with Cledith Smith and her pet goat, Baby. Peggy came to Stinking Creek 32 years ago "by God's will" and has tended to its sick ever since. From the Detroit Free Press Magazine story, ...
Show moreDetroit Free Press caption reads: Nurse/midwife Peggy Kemner chats with Cledith Smith and her pet goat, Baby. Peggy came to Stinking Creek 32 years ago "by God's will" and has tended to its sick ever since. From the Detroit Free Press Magazine story, "On Stinking Creek," 1990/09/09, about a small Appalachian community in Eastern Kentucky where residents over generations have migrated to Detroit for better jobs and often back to their mountain community life. (The Detroit Free Press nominated Nickerson's photo essay for a Pulitzer Prize in feature photography in 1991.)
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Title: Stinking Creek
Identifier: e_srn_0149
Creator: Nickerson, Steven R.
Dates: 1990-09-09
Resource: Steven R. Nickerson photographic archive
Description: Copy slide of a tear sheet from the Detroit Free Press Magazine photo essay, "On Stinking Creek", September 9, 1990, (The Detroit Free Press nominated Nickerson's photo essay for a Pulitzer Prize in feature photography in 1991.)

Title: Stinking Creek
Identifier: e_srn_0074
Creator: Nickerson, Steven R.
Dates: circa 1990
Resource: Steven R. Nickerson photographic archive
Description: Detroit Free Press Magazine caption reads: Five generations at the funeral of N.B. Mills. Standing, left to right, N.B.'s great grandsons, Tim Hobert Mills and James Mills Jr. Sitting, left to right: Son Hobert and grandson James. In James Jr.'s arms: ...
Show moreDetroit Free Press Magazine caption reads: Five generations at the funeral of N.B. Mills. Standing, left to right, N.B.'s great grandsons, Tim Hobert Mills and James Mills Jr. Sitting, left to right: Son Hobert and grandson James. In James Jr.'s arms: great-great-grandson James Mills III. From the Detroit Free Press Magazine story, "On Stinking Creek", 1990/09/09, about a small Appalachian community in Eastern Kentucky where residents over generations have migrated to Detroit for better jobs and often back to their mountain community life. (The Detroit Free Press nominated Nickerson's photo essay for a Pulitzer Prize in feature photography in 1991.)
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Title: Stinking Creek
Identifier: e_srn_0071
Creator: Nickerson, Steven R.
Dates: circa 1990
Resource: Steven R. Nickerson photographic archive
Description: Detroit Free Press caption reads: Misty Brown and her cousin Kelly, play with a puppy on the front porch of their grandmother's house in Brown's Branch. From the Detroit Free Press Magazine story, "On Stinking Creek", 1990/09/09, about a small Appalach...
Show moreDetroit Free Press caption reads: Misty Brown and her cousin Kelly, play with a puppy on the front porch of their grandmother's house in Brown's Branch. From the Detroit Free Press Magazine story, "On Stinking Creek", 1990/09/09, about a small Appalachian community in Eastern Kentucky where residents over generations have migrated to Detroit for better jobs and often back to their mountain community life. (The Detroit Free Press nominated Nickerson's photo essay for a Pulitzer Prize in feature photography in 1991.)
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Title: Stinking Creek
Identifier: e_srn_0063
Creator: Nickerson, Steven R.
Dates: circa 1990
Resource: Steven R. Nickerson photographic archive
Description: Detroit Free Press caption reads: Josh Collins, 5, plays in father Gilbert's car, a 1981 Citation with 126,000 miles on the odometer. "I hope my kids leave the hollow," Gilbert says. "They'd do better to leave. I sure didn't do too good." From the Det...
Show moreDetroit Free Press caption reads: Josh Collins, 5, plays in father Gilbert's car, a 1981 Citation with 126,000 miles on the odometer. "I hope my kids leave the hollow," Gilbert says. "They'd do better to leave. I sure didn't do too good." From the Detroit Free Press Magazine story, "On Stinking Creek," 1990/09/09, about a small Appalachian community in Eastern Kentucky where residents over generations have migrated to Detroit for better jobs and often back to their mountain community life. (The Detroit Free Press nominated Nickerson's photo essay for a Pulitzer Prize in feature photography in 1991.)
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Title: Stinking Creek
Identifier: e_srn_0148
Creator: Nickerson, Steven R.
Dates: 1990-09-09
Resource: Steven R. Nickerson photographic archive
Description: Copy slide of a tear sheet from the Detroit Free Press Magazine photo essay, "On Stinking Creek", September 9, 1990, (The Detroit Free Press nominated Nickerson's photo essay for a Pulitzer Prize in feature photography in 1991.)

Title: Stinking Creek
Identifier: e_srn_0146
Creator: Nickerson, Steven R.
Dates: 1990-09-09
Resource: Steven R. Nickerson photographic archive
Description: Copy slide of a tear sheet from the Detroit Free Press Magazine photo essay, "On Stinking Creek", September 9, 1990, (The Detroit Free Press nominated Nickerson's photo essay for a Pulitzer Prize in feature photography in 1991.)

Title: Stinking Creek
Identifier: e_srn_0066
Creator: Nickerson, Steven R.
Dates: circa 1990
Resource: Steven R. Nickerson photographic archive
Description: Detroit Free Press caption reads: In Stinking Creek, there is patience. From the Detroit Free Press Magazine story, "On Stinking Creek," 1990/09/09, about a small Appalachian community in Eastern Kentucky where residents over generations have migrated ...
Show moreDetroit Free Press caption reads: In Stinking Creek, there is patience. From the Detroit Free Press Magazine story, "On Stinking Creek," 1990/09/09, about a small Appalachian community in Eastern Kentucky where residents over generations have migrated to Detroit for better jobs and often back to their mountain community life. (The Detroit Free Press nominated Nickerson's photo essay for a Pulitzer Prize in feature photography in 1991.)
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Title: Stinking Creek
Identifier: e_srn_0147
Creator: Nickerson, Steven R.
Dates: 1990-09-09
Resource: Steven R. Nickerson photographic archive
Description: Copy slide of a tear sheet from the Detroit Free Press Magazine photo essay, "On Stinking Creek", September 9, 1990,(The Detroit Free Press nominated Nickerson's photo essay for a Pulitzer Prize in feature photography in 1991.)

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