George Poindexter Provost. This ambrotype shows him probably as a Sergeant in Co. F, 19th Louisiana Infantry. Back of photo: "Made about / close of Civil War / George Poindexter Provost / youngest brother of / William Franklin Provost / my father...
Mary Elizabeth Stairley married James Bankhead in 1843, and he died in 1844 shortly before their daughter Tallulah James Brockman was born. Mary Elizabeth then married Lachlen McAuley in 1848. Tallulah Brockman married John Hollis Bankhead, Sr., in...
The Varner-Alexander family owned the "Gray Columns" mansion before it was sold to Tuskegee University and became the president's home. The case depicts the Biblical story of the "Vision of Ezechiel." Ambrotype is 4.25 by 5.5 inches.
According to a note, the young man died on January 12, 1860. The Varner-Alexander family owned the "Gray Columns" mansion before it was sold to Tuskegee University and became the president's home. Tintype is 3.25 by 4.25 inches.
The child appears to be the younger brother of the adolescent boy in #272. The Varner-Alexander family owned the "Gray Columns" mansion before it was sold to Tuskegee University and became the president's home. Ambrotype is 2 x 2.5 inches.
The boy appears to be the older brother of the child in #271. The Varner-Alexander family owned the "Gray Columns" mansion before it was sold to Tuskegee University and became the president's home. Ambrotype is 2 x 2.5 inches.
The Varner-Alexander family owned the "Gray Columns" mansion before it was sold to Tuskegee University and became the president's home. Ambrotype is 2.75 x 3.25 inches.
The Varner-Alexander family owned the "Gray Columns" mansion before it was sold to Tuskegee University and became the president's home. Ambrotype is 2 x 2.5 inches.
The following note was written on the case; "Taken Feb. 20th 1866 / Aged 20 yrs 4 mo." Tintype is 2 x 2.5 inches. From the Varner-Alexander family photographs.
The Varner-Alexander family owned the "Gray Columns" mansion before it was sold to Tuskegee University and became the president's home. Ambrotype is 2.75 x 3.25 inches.
Married Edward Harris III. Ambrotype is 2.75 x 3.25 inches. From the Edward Harris Papers, LPR98. Gilt mat has a U.S. flag at each top corner; a sailing vessel in the bottom left corner, and a cannon in the bottom left corner. The words...