Shenandoah County Library Archives

Shenandoah County Library Digital Archives

Preston Scott and Family

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Title

Preston Scott and Family

Subject

Shenandoah County Fair (Va)
Scott, Preston
Day, Franklin Sr. (1935-2007)

Description

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

Preston Scott is pictured standing second from left. His grandson Franklin Day is second from right. The identities of the other persons are unknown, but some may be family members.

Preston Scott 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.

Source

Northern Virginia Daily- Shenandoah County Fair Digital Collection

Publisher

Shenandoah County Library

Date

Undated

Contributor

Item donated for scanning by Steve Morlan.

Rights

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

Relation

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.

Still Image Item Type Metadata

Original Format

Photograph

Citation

“Preston Scott and Family,” Shenandoah County Library Archives, accessed September 13, 2024, http://archives.countylib.org/items/show/8653.

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