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Bootlegger Virgie Osie Hopkins, c. 1910

Item

Title

Bootlegger Virgie Osie Hopkins, c. 1910

Description

Osie Virgie Holyfield (1884-1960) married George Hopkins at 15 years old in West Virginia; they may have divorced before his death in 1930. They moved to Fort Pierce in about 1907. Later, she owned drinking establishments in Stuart and Vero during Prohibition. Their daughter, Madeline (1909-1996) married Albert Paul "Bert" Krueger (1896-1973) of Stuart.

Source

Scan gift of Theresa Krueger Woleslagle.

Rights

No Copyright - In the United States: The Martin County Library System believes that the Item is in the Public Domain under the laws of the United States, but a determination was not made as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. For more information, visit http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Format

1 hand colored print; 8x10 inches

Language

English

Type

Still Image

Identifier

MMP-Krueger-010
2015.006

Coverage

Original Format

Photograph

Collection

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Citation

“Bootlegger Virgie Osie Hopkins, c. 1910,” Martin Digital History, accessed October 5, 2026, https://www.martindigitalhistory.org/items/show/43.