I love this girl’s direct gaze, the wispy hair, the lace, and little button on her collar.
Someone told a family member that they thought this could be a picture of Melissa Haley Dixon from the Dry Fork area of Pittsylvania County, but we are unsure. (We don’t know of a family connection.)
If anyone can identify this young miss, please leave a comment.
The third photo from the Louisa A. Evans’ album was taken at the Richmond Photograph Co. at 827 1/2 Broad Street in Richmond, Virginia.
The gentleman does appear to have a watch fob/chain near his waist, but the blob above that seems to be damage to the photograph.
I love the typography and design on the back of the photo! And, yes, the back really is that pink-ish color. The picture on the front has a boarder of the same pink, which I cropped digitally away.
Young Candy Stripers support the Red Cross.
From the Preston B. Moses collection, courtesy Pattie Moses Lilley.
Another negative from the Dearing family collection — unfortunately, we don’t know who the individuals were, but evidently they were pals! Probably the photograph was taken somewhere in the Chatham/Pittsylvania County area; if anyone recognizes the youths, please comment.
Someone (presumably Mr. Dearing) wrote on the bottom of the negative; when I scanned it and made a negative of the negative (does that make sense?), the word appeared in white.
From the Dearing family collection, courtesy the Virginia/North Carolina Piedmont Genealogical Society, Danville, Virginia.
Operetta to be Presented
“Puppy Love,” an operetta, will be presented at Callands High School Saturday evening, April 9th, at 8 o’clock by the Glee club.
It is a three-act drama depicting the love affair of a couple and their schoolmates, while attending high school and college. New and old songs, which you will enjoy hearing, will be sung by members of the Glee Club.
– from The Tribune-Enterprise, Chatham, Virginia, Friday, April 8, 1932.
(It is possible that the Callands glee club was enacting a play by Adelaide Matthews that was popular in the late 1920s/early 1930s.)
Winston Churchill’s mother, Lady Churchill (nee Jennie Jerome), circa 1898. This picture seems to be a strange hybrid of a photograph and an engraving — her dress may actually be painted in, and her hat with the towering feathers (probably ostrich) has been retouched/enhanced.
Mr. Whitehead
Please send me May fashion book please send it at once.
Yours Sincerely
Mrs. Almeyda Shelton
R.F.D N.1
Gretna VA[addressed to]
Mr. J W Whitehead & Son
Chatham
VA
Postmark unclear, perhaps Gretna Apr? 1914 or 1919? The postcard depicts Ninth Street in Lynchburg, Virginia.
Mrs. Almeyda Shelton probably wanted a fashion magazine, something like Harper’s Bazaar or others of that ilk, or perhaps a book of examples of sewing patterns.
From the Jones/Yeatts/Beaver family photographs, but I have no idea of why we have it. I don’t know of any professional clowns in our family tree . . . .
Best guess is that the photo could be from the 1920s or 1930s. At least everybody looks pretty happy in the picture!
The second photograph in the Louisa A. Evans’ album was taken at the Kuhn & Cummins studio on 48 and 50 N. Charles Street in Baltimore, Maryland.
She dressed up well for this portrait, with her earring, corsage, elaborate lace and pin at her throat, and her crimped/curled fringe on her forehead.
From the Preston B. Moses photograph collection comes this picture of area basketball players. If anyone can identify any of them, please comment.
Courtesy Pattie Moses Lilley.