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Melda (Baker) Hamilton

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Title

Melda (Baker) Hamilton

Subject

Hamilton, Melda May (Baker) (1926-2021)

Description

Portrait photograph of Melda May (Baker) Hamilton as a young woman with short, curly hair and wearing a faux pearl necklace.

Melda was born in Fishers Hill near Strasburg, to Carl Bauman and Luella Lee (Affleck) Baker.

She married Gilbank Franklin Hamiliton, Jr., a carpenter originally from Markham, Virginia, in 1946.

By 1950, the couple lived in Washington D.C.

Melda lived in Baltimore, Md., when she died.

Creator

Morrison Studio

Source

Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society

Publisher

Shenandoah County Library

Date

The glass plate negative of this image was stored in a box labeled "April 1945".

Contributor

Identified in 2009 by Graham Conner who went to school with her.

Rights

IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED

Relation

Melda (Baker) Hamilton appears in Morrison Studio Collection numbers 014644 and 018027.

Identifier

018027

Still Image Item Type Metadata

Original Format

Glass Negative

Citation

Morrison Studio, “Melda (Baker) Hamilton,” Shenandoah County Library Archives, accessed December 22, 2024, https://archives.countylib.org/items/show/48063.

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