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Portrait of an unidentified African American man posed in studio. He is wearing a striped suit with bowtie.

Photo of two separate images side-by-side.

On the left is an unidentified African American man standing outdoors in work clothes with his hands on his hips.

On the right, is an older, faded image of a young African American person.

It is…

Photograph of a young, unidentified, African American woman dressed in a white dress and long white gloves. She is seated on a wicker chair with one hand resting against her face.

One of Hugh Morrison's children (left) with a friend, standing beside a large rock in a yard. A wood fence between two properties is visible.

Photograph of Grace E. (Johnson) Morrison with several of her children and a neighbor's child.

Photograph of Fannie Hughes (Timbers) Butler from Woodstock.

Fannie Hughes Timbers was the daughter of William B. and Sarah (Bibbs) Timbers. She married Lucien P. Butler (1900-1963) in June 1921, in Woodstock. The person who performed their…

Portrait photograph of an unidentified African American man wearing a U.S. Army uniform that indicates he served with the Army's Service Forces.

He is wearing a marksmanship badge, has an Army Corps of Engineer insignia on his collar, and has a…

Photo of a portrait photograph of an unidentified young African American man wearing his U.S. Army uniform.

Photo of two separate portrait photographs, each showing a different unidentified man.

The unidentified man on the left is wearing a U.S. Army uniform.

The unidentified African American man on the right is in a suit and tie.

Unidentified African American woman standing beside a wicker chair.

Unidentified young African American woman standing beside a wicker chair with her hands behind her back.

Unidentified African American man holding the reins of a large black horse.

Photograph of William H. Polk standing behind his mother, Anna B. (Arrington) Polk (seated left), his wife, Edna, and his oldest son, William A. Polk. He is most remembered for having worked as a minister in the early 1920’s at the Mt. Zion Methodist…

Photograph of a framed portrait photograph of an unidentified African American man with a mustache and wearing glasses.

Lewis McAfee (left) standing beside his father, Arthur McAfee, seated.

Photograph of the original AME church on the corner of Church and Locust Streets in Woodstock, Virginia.

The building at the far left of photo is the church's school. This building was torn down and replaced with a bigger church in 1921.

Photograph of the Mt. Zion Methodist Church on the corner of N. Church and E. Locust Streets in Woodstock.

A historically black church, it was built in 1921 to replace an earlier one on the same location. A man is standing in the doorway in the…

Unidentified African American woman seated on a bench and wearing a strand of faux pearls.

Photograph of Martha Avery.

The name, "Martha Avery" is written on the glass plate of this image.

Photograph of a photograph of a two-story home located S. Muhlenberg Street in Woodstock, with two unidentified women in a horse-drawn cart on the front lawn.

The house was later moved to 215 S. Commerce Street where it still stands (immediately…

Photo of an older photo showing a group of unidentified people posed just outside a building. The women are wearing dresses that were popular in the late 19th century.

Possibly this is a family group with their two African American servants…

Unidentified African American baby propped on a chair in the studio.

Photograph of unidentified African American baby lying on its back in the studio.

Photograph of Franklin S. Day as a boy standing beside his mother, Odessa (Scott) Day Turner.

Odessa Scott was one of at least nine children born to Preston W. and Fleta (McAfee) Scott. In 1930, the family lived on E. High Street in Woodstock…

Portrait photograph of an unidentified young African American woman wearing a dress with laced sleeves.
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