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"Ralph and the Melon"

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Title

"Ralph and the Melon"

Subject

children-Virginia-Shenandoah County
Hottle, Ralph Miley Sr. (1917-1985)

Description

Photograph of Ralph Hottle eating a slice of watermelon while sitting on another watermelon. Where photograph was taken is unknown.

Ralph lived on Main Street in Toms Brook Virginia.

The image is taken from a photograph album related to the Miley family of Toms Brook, Virginia.

Creator

Unknown

Source

Miley Family Album, Toms Brook Virgina, undated, Mackenzie Grimes Collection, Truban Archives, Shenandoah County Library, Edinburg, Virginia.

Publisher

Shenandoah County Library

Date

Undated

Rights

Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial (CC-BY-NC)

Identifier

19-0718-015

Still Image Item Type Metadata

Original Format

Photographic Print

Citation

Unknown, “"Ralph and the Melon",” Shenandoah County Library Archives, accessed May 12, 2025, https://archives.countylib.org/items/show/12452.

Comments

Susan Miley Nelson

This image is of Ralph Hottle, son of Monnie Myrtle Miley Hottle and Lawrence Hottle. Our two families (Hottle and Miley) lived adjacent and across the street from each other in four separate homes, between the post office and St. Peter's Lutheran Church. Monnie Hottle was my grandfather's sister.

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