For over 40 years, Otis Noel Pruitt — who usually went by his last name, “Mr.” or O.N. — captured snapshots of life in northeastern Mississippi and northwestern Alabama.
After settling in Columbus shortly before 1920, he took studio portraits of families from throughout the region. He travelled around and documented people being baptized, going on picnics, school children and the annual Pilgrimage tour of historic homes. He photographed lynchings and tornadoes. He also helped lawyers an
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