Mrs. R. H. McAtee
Quilting prizewinner at the 1922 Berryville Horse Show and Fair, with first prizes for a silk quilt, a quilt square and a yard of crocheted lace.
What the sources support
The Clarke Courier of August 17, 1922, in its report of the Berryville Horse Show and Fair, which it says drew between eight and nine thousand people, lists Mrs. R. H. McAtee in the Woman's Department as winning first prizes for a silk quilt, a quilt square and a yard of crocheted lace, and lesser prizes for cake.
See the source and its limits
The Clarke Courier of August 17, 1922, in its report of the Berryville Horse Show and Fair, which it says drew between eight and nine thousand people, lists Mrs. R. H. McAtee in the Woman's Department as winning first prizes for a silk quilt, a quilt square and a yard of crocheted lace, and lesser prizes for cake.
What the source supports
That Mrs. R. H. McAtee won first prizes for quilting and lace at the 1922 Berryville fair.
Uncertainty
Read from uncorrected OCR, not from the page image. She is known here only from this prize list, which gives no place of residence. The OCR prints a colon in the initials, and the list gives her only by her husband's initials.
Source
Evidence role: supports. The August 17, 1922 report of the Berryville Horse Show and Fair.
Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., August 17, 1922
Clarke Courier · 1922-08-17 (publication)
Locator: Page 3, report "Horse Show and Fair Best Ever Held in Clarke"
Relevant passageHORSE SHOW AND FAIR BEST EVER HELD IN CLARICE [CLARKE] ... That sums up the-opinion of be tween eight and nine thousand people who attended the eBrry ville [Berryville] Horse Show and Fair last Wednesday and Thursday.
Checked: Existing OCR reviewed. Original image not independently inspected.
Open sourceSource family: clarke-courier. Multiple passages from one source are not independent witnesses.
Evidence role: supports. Its list of prizes in the Woman's Department.
Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., August 17, 1922
Clarke Courier · 1922-08-17 (publication)
Locator: Page 3, prizes in the Woman's Department, concluded
Relevant passageMrs. R. H: McAtee—First prize for silk quilt, for quilt square and for yard of crocheted lace ... Mrs. John Shewbridge—First pri>e for best salt rising bread.
Checked: Existing OCR reviewed. Original image not independently inspected.
Open sourceSource family: clarke-courier. Multiple passages from one source are not independent witnesses.
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