Southerner Collection

John Wilkes Booth (1838-65) assassin of Abraham Lincoln (b / w photo)
PNP258536 John Wilkes Booth (1838-65) assassin of Abraham Lincoln (b/w photo) by American School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Historical Geography
5314799 Historical Geography; (add.info.: Historical Geography. 1900. Italy. Sicily. Quay hands are numerous in Palermo where the willing worker is never at a loss for occupation)

Dudley Mays Hughes, Rep. from Georgia, 1913. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Dudley Mays Hughes, Rep. from Georgia, 1913
Dudley Mays Hughes, Rep. from Georgia, 1913. Rep. 1909-1917

Confederate Reunion - Maid And Matrons of Honor From Memphis, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Confederate Reunion - Maid And Matrons of Honor From Memphis, 1917. Women from the southern USA

William Charles Adamson, Rep. from Georgia, with Simms of Tennessee, 1913. Creator: Harris & Ewing
William Charles Adamson, Rep. from Georgia, with Simms [sic] of Tennessee, 1913. US politicians William Charles Adamson (right), Representative 3/4/97-12/18/17, and Thetus Willrette Sims

John Hollis Bankhead, Rep. from Alabama, with Son, William B. Bankhead, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing
John Hollis Bankhead, Rep. from Alabama, with Son, William B. Bankhead, 1917. Bankhead senior was Representative 1887-1907; Senator, 1907-1920

John Hollis Bankhead, Rep. from Alabama, with Son, William B. Bankhead, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing
John Hollis Bankhead, Rep. from Alabama, with Son, William B. Bankhead, 1917. Bankhead senior was Representative 1887-1907; Senator, 1907-1920

John Hollis Bankhead, Rep. from Alabama, with Son, William B. Bankhead, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing
John Hollis Bankhead, Rep. from Alabama, with Son, William B. Bankhead, 1917. Bankhead senior was Representative 1887-1907; Senator, 1907-1920

John Hollis Bankhead, Rep. from Alabama, At Confederate Reunion, D.C. with Grand-Daughters...1917
John Hollis Bankhead, Rep. from Alabama, At Confederate Reunion, Washington D.C. with Grand-Daughters, Tallulah, Left, And Eugenia, Right, 1917. Representative 1887-1907; Senator, 1907-1920

Confederate Reunion - The Commander In Chief, General Harrison And Staff; Generals Mickey... 1917
Confederate Reunion - The Commander In Chief, General Harrison And Staff; Generals Mickey And Dinkins On Either Side, 1917. Veterans from the southern USA in confederate uniform, Washington D.C

Confederate Reunion - North Carolina Veterans with Flag, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Confederate Reunion - North Carolina Veterans with Flag, 1917. Old soldiers from the southern USA with confederate flag, Washington D.C

Confederate Reunion - Mrs. Hampton Osborne And Singers, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Confederate Reunion - Mrs
Confederate Reunion - Mrs. Hampton Osborne And Singers, 1917. Women from the southern USA with confederate flag, Washington D.C

Confederate Reunion - Mrs. Hampton Osborne And Singers, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Confederate Reunion - Mrs
Confederate Reunion - Mrs. Hampton Osborne And Singers, 1917. Women from the southern USA with confederate flag, Washington D.C

Confederate Reunion - Gen. Harrison of Mississippi, Commander In Chief, with Generals... 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Confederate Reunion - Gen. Harrison of Mississippi, Commander In Chief, with Generals Mickey And Dinkins, 1917. Veterans from the southern USA in confederate uniform, Washington D.C

Confederate Reunion - Gen. Harrison of Mississippi, Commander In Chief, with Generals... 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Confederate Reunion - Gen. Harrison of Mississippi, Commander In Chief, with Generals Mickey And Dinkins, 1917. Veterans from the southern USA in confederate uniform, Washington D.C

Confederate Reunion - Canteen Lunch, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Confederate Reunion - Canteen Lunch, 1917
Confederate Reunion - Canteen Lunch, 1917. Old soldiers and Red Cross volunteers in Washington, DC

Democratic National Convention - Earl Le Roy Brewer [sic], Governor of Mississippi, 1912-1916, 1912. [US politician]

Coleman Livingston Blease, Governor of South Carolina, 1912. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Coleman Livingston Blease, Governor of South Carolina, 1912. [US politician, Governor 1911-1915]

Family between Dallas and Austin, Texas, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Family between Dallas and Austin, Texas. The people have left their home and connections in South Texas, and hope to reach the Arkansas Delta for work in the cotton fields. Penniless people

Cotton picking in south Texas, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Cotton picking in south Texas

Migrant cotton pickers, Texas, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Migrant cotton pickers. Texas

Cotton field hand sitting on her porch on Sunday afternoon, near Blytheville, Arkansas, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Cotton field hand sitting on her porch on Sunday afternoon. Near Blytheville, Arkansas

Family between Dallas and Austin, Texas, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Family between Dallas and Austin, Texas. The people have left their home and connections in South Texas, and hope to reach the Arkansas Delta for work in the cotton fields. Penniless people

Migrant family in Kern County, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Migrant family in Kern County. This family was sent back at the state line by Los Angeles police. Refused entrance into California

Carrot pullers from Texas, Oklahoma, Missouri, Arkansas and Mexico in Coachella Valley, CA, 1937
Some of the carrot pickers in the Coachella Valley. There are one hundred people in this field coming from Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Missouri and Mexico. California

Carrot pullers from Texas, Oklahoma, Missouri, Arkansas and Mexico in California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Carrot pullers from Texas, Oklahoma, Missouri, Arkansas and Mexico. "We come from all states and we can't make a dollar in this field noways

Cotton hoers are transported to the fields daily during the season, Memphis, Tennessee, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Memphis, Tennessee. Cotton hoers are transported to the fields daily during the season. Truck drivers are paid by the planters and serve as "runners" to recruit the men

One of three families camped behind a billboard on U.S. 99, Kern County, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
One of three families camped behind a billboard on U.S. 99. Kern County, California

Sharecropper near Hartwell, Georgia, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Sharecropper near Hartwell, Georgia

Cotton hoers are transported to the fields daily during the season, Memphis, Tennessee, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Memphis, Tennessee. Cotton hoers are transported to the fields daily during the season. Truck drivers are paid by the planters and serve as "runners" to recruit the men

Migrant cotton pickers at lunchtime, near Radstown, Texas, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Migrant cotton pickers at lunchtime. Near Radstown, Texas

Cotton pickers lunchtime, near Corpus Christi, Texas, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Cotton pickers lunchtime. Near Corpus Christi, Texas

Three families camped on the plains along US 99 in California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Three families camped on the plains along U.S. 99 in California. They are camped behind a billboard which serves as a partial windbreak. All are in need of work

Carrot pullers from Texas, Oklahoma, Missouri, Arkansas and Mexico in Coachella Valley, CA, 1937
Carrot pullers from Texas, Oklahoma, Missouri, Arkansas and Mexico. Coachella Valley, California

Carrot pullers from Texas, Oklahoma, Missouri, Arkansas and Mexico in Coachella Valley, CA, 1937
Carrot pullers from Texas, Oklahoma, Missouri, Arkansas and Mexico. Coachella Valley, California

Carrot pullers from Texas, Oklahoma, Missouri, Arkansas and Mexico in Coachella Valley, CA, 1937
Carrot pullers from Texas, Oklahoma, Missouri, Arkansas and Mexico. Coachella Valley, California. "We come from all states and we can't make a dollar a day in the field no ways

Carrot pullers from Texas, Oklahoma, Missouri, Arkansas and Mexico in Coachella Valley, CA, 1937
Carrot pullers from Texas, Oklahoma, Missouri, Arkansas and Mexico. Coachella Valley, California. "We come from all states and we can't make a dollar a day in the field no ways

Migrant family in Kern County, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Migrant family in Kern County. This family was sent back at the state line by the Los Angeles police. Refused entrance into California

Arkansas family in California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Arkansas family in California

Young family, penniless, hitchhiking on U.S. Highway 99, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Young family, penniless, hitchhiking on U.S. Highway 99, California. The father, twenty-four, and the mother, seventeen, came from Winston-Salem, North Carolina, early in 1935

Young family, penniless, hitchhiking on U.S. Highway 99 in California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Young family, penniless, hitchhiking on U.S. Highway 99 in California. The father, twenty-four, and the mother, seventeen, came from Winston-Salem, North Carolina

Arkansas family washing dishes, seven months in California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Arkansas family. Seven months in California. Washing dishes

Family between Dallas and Austin, Texas, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Family between Dallas and Austin, Texas. The people have left their home and connections in South Texas, and hope to reach the Arkansas Delta for work in the cotton fields. Penniless people

Family between Dallas and Austin, Texas, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Family between Dallas and Austin, Texas. The people have left their home and connections in South Texas, and hope to reach the Arkansas Delta for work in the cotton fields. Penniless people

White tenant farmer works on shares. North Carolina, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
White tenant farmer works on shares. North Carolina

Peach pickers, Muscella, Georgia, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Muscella, Georgia. Peach pickers

Turpentine worker's family near Cordele, Alabama, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Turpentine worker's family near Cordele, Alabama. Father's wages one dollar a day. This is the standard of living the turpentine trees support

Man who worked in Fullerton, Louisiana lumber mill for fifteen years, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Man who worked in Fullerton, Louisiana lumber mill for fifteen years. He is now left stranded in the cut-over area

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"Capturing the Essence of Southerners: A Glimpse into History" In this captivating collection of photographs and artifacts, we delve into the lives of notable individuals who embodied the spirit of being a Southerner. From John Wilkes Booth, forever etched in infamy as the assassin of Abraham Lincoln, to General Nathan Bedford Forrest, whose legacy remains controversial yet undeniably influential. Lazarus Whitehead Powell's enigmatic gaze transports us back to a time between 1855 and 1865 when his actions shaped history. Governor Andre Bienvenue Roman stands tall amidst Louisiana's turbulent era, leaving an indelible mark on its political landscape. John Bell's portrait captures a man deeply rooted in Tennessee's heritage during those tumultuous years. William Aiken embodies South Carolina's pride and resilience as he navigates through uncertain times. George Gibbs Dibrell epitomizes Tennessee's unwavering loyalty even after the Civil War had ended. Thomas Manson Norwood from Georgia emerges as a symbol of strength and determination during Reconstruction. Hiram P. Bell reminds us that Georgia was home to many brave souls who fought for their beliefs long after the battles ceased. William Porcher Miles' presence emanates from his South Carolina roots with undeniable grace and elegance. Edmund Ruffin stares at us with intensity—a staunch defender of Southern ideals until his last breath—while Confederate Bonds serve as tangible reminders of Richmond, Virginia's economic struggles during wartime. These glimpses into history allow us to reflect upon both triumphs and tragedies that defined these remarkable individuals' lives—their stories woven intricately into the fabric of Southern heritage. As we explore their portraits and artifacts, let us honor their legacies while acknowledging our shared past—a testament to resilience, courage, and an enduring sense of identity that continues to shape our understanding today.