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Group photo featuring African American students.
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Graduation photograph of Joe Nell Henry signed to Mrs. Peggy McGhee.
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Various photographs of the Bisbee Family from the Bisbee Family Collection. The first photograph is labeled "Sylvia J. Baldwin" in the back, but with no indicator of who in the photograph is Sylvia. The second image is labeled "Old Bainbridge at Central - Dunn/Dent Fork." The other images do not contain labels or indicators on the subjects.
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Photographs from the Lucas Family Collection. The first is of Susan Lucas Cauley from the 1920s. She was the daughter of James and Lavina Lucas. The second picture is of Robert Lucas' family, with all the family members' names labeled on them.
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Photographs of Thelma and Freeman Lawrence. Thelma was a retired educator who served the children of Leon County for nearly forty (40) years as a Classroom Teacher, beginning in rural schools such as Crenshaw, and later working at the John G. Riley Elementary School. Her husband, Freeman, was the former principal at Barrow Hill, Old Lincoln, and Lake McBride. Before his death at 95, he was the last surviving principal of Tallahassee’s original, all-Black Lincoln High School.
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Two portraits of Carrie Mae Johnson, the first from the 1930s and the second from later in life. She was a former teacher and then principal at the Long Pond School in Tallahassee, Fla.
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Photographs from the Wilson James collection, all from different time periods. They all show him driving horse-drawn carriages.
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Photographs from the John Hanson Hicks Family Collection. The first photograph shows John Hanson Hicks Jr. The second, Perry L. Hicks. The third is Lucille Hicks posed next to a car. The fourth is of John Hanson Hicks Sr. posed in front of their family home. The fifth picture is John and Marie Hicks. The sixth is a full image of their family home on 424 E Jefferson Street, Tallahassee.
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A photograph of Caleb "Cooper" Hannah, the first Black plumber in Tallahassee. Born October 16, 1916 to the late Caleb, Sr. and Estell McGill Hannah, he was the sixth child of fourteen children. He completed up to the sixth grade and was able to pass the plumbing contractor's state examination by memorizing the plumbing code manual. Thereafter, he established and operated Hannah's Plumbing Company for over 50 years. Moreover, he was also known for being politically active during the Civil Rights Movement.
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Photographs of Ora Green and Althemese Barnes, both members of the Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority. Ora Green is a notable member for her community service, receiving awards such as the Black History Making A Difference Award on February 28, 2023, and one by the American Legion Auxiliary - Thomas Field Post for 60 years of dedicated service on March 13, 2023. Althemese Barnes is also a notable member, as a founder of the John G. Riley Museum and the Florida African American Heritage Preservation Network. Her works include several oral history and cultural development projects, historical publications, heritage trail maps, guides, and documentaries, many of which can be seen in this Digital Archive.
