Lelia (Nellings) Bird
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Title
Lelia (Nellings) Bird
Subject
African Americans - Virginia - Shenandoah County
Bird, Lelia Nellings (1888-1942)
Description
Photograph of Lelia (Nellings) Bird.
She was the daughter of Elick and Alice (Ball) Nellings.
Her husband was William Joseph Bird.
She was the daughter of Elick and Alice (Ball) Nellings.
Her husband was William Joseph Bird.
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 "Jan 1918".
Contributor
Identified by library staff in 2025 based on a August 19, 1982 photograph published in the Shenandoah Valley Herald with identifications by George (Buck) Smith of Woodstock Virginia and other pictures of the subject in the Morrison Studio Collection.
Rights
IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED
Relation
Lelia (Nellings) Bird appears in Morrison Studio Collection images 003980, 021060, and 025897.
This woman also appears in the George W. Smith Collection, image 18-0507-0279. That photograph may have been taken at the same time as this one.
Identifier
021060
Original Format
Glass Negative
Collection
Citation
Morrison Studio, “Lelia (Nellings) Bird,” Shenandoah County Library Archives, accessed February 21, 2026, https://archives.countylib.org/items/show/50580.
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