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Box 14

 Container

Contains 64 Results:

"Photographs", circa 1890-1915

 File — Box: 14
Scope and Contents

Photo album, likely belonging to Ida Mae Murphy, Janabelle Taylor's mother, features predominately wealthy black families in St. Paul, MN. Various photographers created the photographs within the album.

To note, Irvine Park in St. Paul, where a number of historic homes are located, is featured within these photographs.There are also pictures of Queen K. Johnson and Ida Mae's father, J.B. Johnson, at work as a railroad car chef, alongside white railroad workers.

Dates: circa 1890-1915

Seated man wearing a bowler hat

 Item — Box: 14, Folder: 2
Identifier: 003.14.02.2a

Woman wearing a fur stole and hat

 Item — Box: 14, Folder: 2
Identifier: 003.14.02.2b

Three children and a Christmas tree

 Item — Box: 14, Folder: 3
Identifier: 003.14.03.1a

Man and woman in winter coats

 Item — Box: 14, Folder: 3
Identifier: 003.14.03.1b

Six friends at Irvine Park

 Item — Box: 14, Folder: 3
Identifier: 003.14.03.02

Women and children sit on a porch

 Item — Box: 14, Folder: 4
Identifier: 003.14.04.01

James and Ida Mae with friends

 Item — Box: 14, Folder: 4
Identifier: 003.14.04.2a