ANTHIA BRADY HUGHES / WILLIE HUGHES ~ 2E 68
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N 35° 40.844 W 085° 46.114
16S E 611434 N 3949236
McMinnville, TN
Waymark Code: WM2AFJ
Location: Tennessee, United States
Date Posted: 10/02/2007
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ANTHIA BRADY HUGHES
1868-1949
WILLIE HUGHES
1895-1986
Anthia Brady worked on riverboats on the Tennessee River in the late 1800s. After her marriage, Anthia Brady Hughes opened Hughes Studio in McMinnville in 1898. In 1918, her daughter, Willie, entered McMinnville's Southern School of Photography. Willie joined her mother in the studio and continued her work until 1978. Using cameras a large as 8" x 10", they did glass negatives, hand tinting and left more than 35,000 photos of live in McMinnville.
Marker Name: ANTIA BRADY HUGHES / WILLIE HUGHES ~ 2E 68
Marker Location: Roadside
Type of Marker: Person
Marker Number: 2E 68
Group(s) Responsible for placing Marker:
Tennessee Historical Commission
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