Clerk of court office, c. 1950
Item
Title
Clerk of court office, c. 1950
Subject
Description
Office staff at the Martin County clerk office. Phoebe Cleveland (third from right) assisted county clerk, J. R. Pomeroy, for many years and served as acting clerk of court following Pomeroy's death in 1949. In the 1950 election for clerk of court, Dorothy Pierce (third from left) ran as a write-in candidate and won in a landslide against Cleveland. Pierce went on to serve as the clerk of court through 1972.
Creator
Source
Scan gift of Sandra Thurlow.
Rights
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Format
Black and white negative, 4x5 inches
Language
English
Type
Still Image
Identifier
Thurlow-2024-044-b4-065
2024.044
Coverage
Original Format
Negatives
Collection
Citation
Earl Dyer Ricou (1923-2011), “Clerk of court office, c. 1950,” Martin Digital History, accessed October 5, 2026, https://www.martindigitalhistory.org/items/show/11768.