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| Title | Eva Plunkett portrait |
| Date of Original | 194-? |
| Description | A studio portrait of Eva Plunkett. She is wearing a polka dot top and a white necklace with her hair pulled back. |
| General Subject | Portraits
People
Women
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| Subject (LCTGM) | Portraits
Portrait photographs
Women
Reporters
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| Personal Name | Plunkett, Eva, 1888-1976
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| Organization Name | Jamestown Sun (Jamestown, N.D.)
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| Location | Jamestown (N.D.)
Stutsman County (N.D.)
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| Decade | 1930-1939
1940-1949
1950-1959
1960-1969
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| Item Number | ST221 |
| Format of Original | Photographic prints
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| Dimensions of Original | 10 x 8 cm. |
| Transcription | "Eva Plunkett 1888-1976, Pioneer Newspaper Woman" --Printed on card. |
| Notes | Photographer unknown.
Title created by staff. |
| Biography/History | Eva Plunkett was good at dropping names and telling news. "The Fargo Forum wanted my Aunt Eva to come to work for them after she left the Sun, but she didn't want to leave Jamestown. … The Alert wanted a new look to their paper and auntie was replaced by Cookie and my aunt moved over to the Stutsman County Democrat which was located in the basement of the Gladstone Hotel. Even though Cookie replaced my aunt, both of them became lifelong friends. … It was a joy to see her (Inez Cook, 'Cookie') meet the five o-clock train. She and Rev. McCoy would be there. Cookie and my aunt would have this competition to see who could scoop each other. Cookie would get so mad when auntie scooped her." |
| Bibliographic Reference | Interview with Mary Young, about her Grandmother Eva May Plunkett in Writer's Block, Jamestown People & Places by Bruce Berg. |
| Repository Institution | Stutsman County Memorial Museum
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| Repository Collection | Stutsman County Memorial Museum Photographs
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| Credit Line | Stutsman County Memorial Museum, Jamestown, N.D. (ST221) |
| Rights Management | Owned by Stutsman County Memorial Museum. |
| Ordering Information | Stutsman County Memorial Museum
Phone: 701-252-6741
Address: Box 1002, Jamestown, N.D. 58401
Open: Memorial Day - September, 10am-5pm Weekdays and 1pm-5pm Weekends. |
| Grant | NHPRC SNAP Grant 2008-2009, NAR08-RC-10021-08 |
| Digital ID | dmST221 |
