Preston Scott and Family

Preston Scott and Family

Shenandoah County Fair (Va)

Scott, Preston

Day, Franklin Sr. (1935-2007)

Scan of an undated photograph showing Preston Scott and other individuals at the Shenandoah County Fair grandstands.

Pictured are, from left to right: Lucien Butler, Preston Scott, Della Scott, Sarah Lewis, Franklin Day, and John Scott.
Della was the daughter of Preston, Franklin his grandson, and John his son.
Preston Scott and his family operated a popular food booth at the fair during the second half of the 20th century that catered to African Americans, a community that was segregated from the rest of the fair population.

Northern Virginia Daily- Shenandoah County Fair Digital Collection

Shenandoah County Library

Undated

Item donated for scanning by Steve Morlan.

Identified by Roy Allen Cooper in 2024.

Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial (CC-BY-NC)

Franklin Day also appears in Morrison Studio Collection image 007232 available at https://archives.countylib.org/items/show/25228. Franklin appears in Morrison Studio Collection images 005640 and 007232.

Preston Scott Sr. also appears in photograph 18-0507-0279 from the George W. Smith Collection available at https://archives.countylib.org/items/show/12336.

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