1970s: Eston Melton
Title
1970s : Eston Melton
Description
This image is a photograph used in the book Auburn , a Pictorial History of the Loveliest Village by Mickey Logue and Jack Simms , 3rd edition , 2013 , depicting the history of the city and the university . From page 121 : Eston Melton was Auburn's first licensed black plumber . His work cap , cigar , and reliable work as a plumber were already widely known when the Auburn Bulletin printed this photograph in the 1970s . Yet , about a half century earlier , he had pushed a wheelbarrow for 20 cents an hour in helping build Ramsay Hall . For about ten years he later handled most of API's plumbing and electrical work , either doing the work himself or supervising students who did it . He was one of the first employees that Director B . T . Simms hired at the USDA's Regional Animal Disease Lab in 1938 . During World War II , Melton "was a plumber and mechanic at the Charleston , S.C. , naval base and mainly worked on submarines , installing such things as torpedo tubing " Owen Davis reported . Melton "[went] into business for himself in 1952 " putting the plumbing in more houses over the years than he could remember . He was a founder of Bell Missionary Baptist Church , driving the first nail in the original wooden building . Photo source : Auburn Bulletin .
Date
ca. 1970s
Place
Auburn – Lee County – Alabama
LC Subject Headings
Auburn (Ala.) Auburn University African Americans -- Alabama Plumbers -- Alabama Auburn University -- History
EOA Categories
Business & Industry -- Construction Education -- Higher Education History -- 1946-1987: Post-World War II and the Era of Civil Rights
Original Medium
black and white photograph , 6405 x 8389 pixels
Type
Image
Format
JPEG
File Name
AUH497.tif
Citation
Logue , Mickey and Simms , Jack . Auburn , A Pictorial History of the Loveliest Village . 3rd edition . 2013 .
Repository
Auburn University Libraries . Special Collections and Archives .
Digital Publisher
Auburn University Libraries
Language
eng
Rights
This image is the property of the Auburn University Libraries and is intended for non-commercial use. Users of the image are asked to acknowledge the Auburn University Libraries. For information about obtaining high-resolution copies of this and other images in this collection, please contact the Auburn University Libraries Special Collections & Archives Department at achives@auburn.edu or (334) 844-1732.
Submitted by
Coates , Midge
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