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Lewis McAfee and William Timbers

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Title

Lewis McAfee and William Timbers

Subject

McAfee, Lewis (1904-1968)
Timbers, William J. "Wee" (1895-1979)
African Americans - Virginia - Shenandoah County

Description

Portrait of Lewis McAfee (left) and William "Wee" Timbers (right) seated together.

Both men were from Woodstock.

Lewis McAfee was the son of Arthur and Minnie McAfee. He grew up on Spring Street in Woodstock. He married Elsie F. Pye (1909-1994) in October 1926.

Lewis and Elsie eventually moved to Washington D.C. where they lived for many years.

Wee Timbers' parents were William B. (1848-1905) and Sarah Evelyn (Bibbs) (1875-1938) Timbers.

William "Wee" Butler never married and spent his career working as a hotel waiter.

He lived a long life and when he died, his residence was on High Street in Woodstock, the same street where his sister, Fannie, had raised her family.

Creator

Morrison Studio

Source

Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society

Publisher

Shenandoah County Library

Date

Undated

Contributor

Identified in 2009 by Allen and Frances Corley, cousins of the subjects.

Rights

IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED

Relation

Lewis McAfee appears in Morrison photos 000889, 002148, 003981, 012507, and 012508.
William "Wee" Timbers appears in Morrison Studio Collection numbers 000917, 005717, 012506 and 012507.
Lewis McAfee also appears in image 18-0507-0279 of the George W. Smith Collection. This photograph was also taken by Morrison Studios.

Identifier

012507

Still Image Item Type Metadata

Original Format

Glass Negative

Citation

Morrison Studio, “Lewis McAfee and William Timbers,” Shenandoah County Library Archives, accessed November 20, 2024, http://archives.countylib.org/items/show/41377.

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