Title	Margaret's Grocery and Market: roadside sign
Creator(s)	West, Carroll Van, photographer
Date	200?
Coverage	2000-2009
Property name	Margaret's Grocery and Market
Property type	Commercial building
Community Name	Vicksburg, Warren County, MS
Description	Color photograph of a a roadside sign, red with white writing, advertising the rock house of prayer and promoting bible reading.
Historical Notes	Margaret's Grocery and Market is a notable folk art site on old Hwy. 61 north of Vicksburg, MS. Originally a rural grocery store, it became known for the folk art of Rev. H.D. Dennis, who converted his wife's commercial business into a roadside church and religious attraction in the 1980s. Margaret Dennis died in 2009 and Rev. Harmon D. Dennis in 2011.
Collection Name	Southern History Documentary Projects
Subject-LCSH	Folk art
Subject-AAT	folk art
Subject-TGM	Private art collections Historic buildings
Type	Still image
Format	jpeg2000
Genre	Photograph
Processing notes	Electronic file
Copyright status	Copyright of the creator. Reproduced with permission
Conditions for use	Credit Center for Historic Preservation, Middle Tennessee State University Reproduction permitted for non-profit educational and research purposes only
Contributing Institution	Center for Historic Preservation, Middle Tennessee State University
Digital Publisher	Digital Initiatives, James E. Walker Library, Middle Tennessee State University
Source file	Vicksburg 001

Margaret's Grocery and Market: roadside sign

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