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.
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
Original Format
Glass Negative
Collection
Citation
Morrison Studio, “Melda (Baker) Hamilton,” Shenandoah County Library Archives, accessed February 1, 2026, https://archives.countylib.org/items/show/48063.
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