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Contains 13 Results:

Walker-Wood Family Photographs, 1880 - 1955

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents

Contains photographs of the Walker family. Includes two photographs of Harry Lee Walker (5x7), two photgraphs of Eliza Walker (4x6), one photograph of Harry Thomas Walker (5x7), one photograph of Eliza Walker and Harry Thomas Walker (3.5x5), one photograph of Hettie AAdamns with James Horace Lewis on her lap - Aunt Nin and Cousin Nellie Scruggs Lewis - pulled from Alex Wood's notebook in control folder (Box 1, Folder 1).

Dates: Majority of material found within 1880 - 1955

Modern Views of Old Lexington

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents

This file consists of postcards and pamphlets with views of Old Lexington, Va. Images depict Old Main Street, Lee's Funeral, and Castle Hill Hotel.

Dates: Inclusive 1910-1975; Majority of material found within Bulk 1910-1940

Photograph of the Nightingales

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 18
Scope and Contents

This file consists of two earlier copies of a photograph of the Nightingales and two modern copies of the photograph. Depicted in back row of photograph from left to right are Perry Benjamin, L. Richardson, Clarence Wood, Dr. Hawkins, Al Morrison, and Miller Dock (?). Front row from left to right are Nannie Wood, Kassie Banks, G. Shacker, Leanna Clark, Gladys Washington, and Daisy Evans. No date.

Dates: Inclusive 1910-1975; Majority of material found within Bulk 1910-1940

Photographs of the Walker Family and Wright's Orchestra from Ohio, 1917

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 23
Scope and Contents

This file consists of two copies of a photographs of members of the Walker family, as idenitified on the back, and Wright's Orchestra from Ohio who played at Washington and Lee dances. The picture most likely is taken a Blandome.

Dates: 1917

Photograph of Buffalo Soldiers

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 25
Scope and Contents

This file consists of a photograph of the Buffalo Soldiers, C Troop., 9th Calvary. Alexander Bannister, Eliza's brother, is one of the soldiers in the photograph.

Dates: Inclusive 1910-1975; Majority of material found within Bulk 1910-1940

Photograph of Two Nurses from Freedmen's Hospital, 1870 - 1880

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 27
Scope and Contents

This file consists of two nurses on horseback visiting from Freedmen's Hospital, which is now Howard University in Washington, D. C.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1870 - 1880

A Hand-Painted Drawing of Aunt Nannie Bannister

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 28
Scope and Contents

This file includes a hand-painted drawing of Nannie Bannister, married to Nolan Brooks, who was Eliza Walker's sister. Note written in Eliza Walker's hand on back.

Dates: Inclusive 1910-1975; Majority of material found within Bulk 1910-1940

Photograph of Oscar De Priest

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 39
Scope and Contents

This file consists of a photograph of Oscar de Priest. No date.

Dates: Inclusive 1910-1975; Majority of material found within Bulk 1910-1940

Photographs of Eliza Walker, Harry Thomas Walker and Vernita Jones, 1880 - 1910

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 40
Scope and Contents

This file consists of a portait of Eliza Walker and a photograph of Harry Thomas Walker and his cousin Vernita Jones both on horseback. From Alex Wood's notebook (Box 1, Folder 0 - Control Folder) "Picture - Eliza A.M. Walker. Harry Thomas and Vernita Jones, Sam Jones' daughter. Harry Lee Walker's brother. At farm near spring."

Dates: Majority of material found within 1880 - 1910

Copy of Photograph of the Walker Family and of Spotswood Styles and Wife

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 42
Scope and Contents

This file consists of a copy of a photograph of Eliza Bannister Walker, Harry Thomas Walker, Harry Lee Walker, and Nannie Walker Wood. Photograph taken by Michael Miley.

Dates: Inclusive 1910-1975; Majority of material found within Bulk 1910-1940

Photographs of Walker Family Relatives, 1914

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 44
Scope and Contents This file includes photographs of the Walker family, their relatives, and their house. One photo of their house on Main St. Lexington is included (5x3.5), two photos of family members in front of Natural Bridge (2x2), two photos of Eliza Walker (1x3), one photo of Eliza Walker and relative (3x5), one photo of Irene B. Beale - Eliza's sister and Mary Toy's Mother (3.5x5.5), one photo of Zack Taylor - reffered to as "Uncle Zack Taylor" on back of photo (3.5x5.5), and one photo of Nannie Walker...
Dates: 1914

Photograph of Hettie Adams

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 46
Scope and Contents

This file includes a photograph of Hettie Adams, Harry Lee Walker's mother, and a photo of Eliza at Natural Bridge in veil after H.T.'s death.

Dates: Inclusive 1910-1975; Majority of material found within Bulk 1910-1940