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Graduation photos of Fred Pemberton.
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Photographs of the Porter family of Tallahassee. The first photograph is of Austin Porter, a caretaker of Waverly Plantation. The second image is a photo of the Porter family. The next photo is a studio portrait of Willie Porter and Georgia Mae Porter in the 1950s. The next image shows Austin Porter II and Rebecca Edwards Porter standing in front of a property with their baby Martha Porter. The final image depicts Austin Porter and an unidentified man on a horse-drawn wagon on Waverly Plantation. The Porter Family maintained and farmed Waverly Plantation, which was owned by a wealthy Northern family known as the Hoffmans.
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Photographs of the Osborne Family, of whom Cornelia Roberts Osborne was the matriarch. She raised her family in Frenchtown and ran a snack shop next to her home on Macomb Street. The first photo is of Mable Osborne sometime in the 1940s dressed in graduation regalia. The second image is a group photo of churchgoers, including Cornelia and Leroy Osborne, who stand at the extreme left, and Reverend and Mrs. C. P. Allen, who stand at the extreme right. The final photo is a portrait of Cornelia Roberts Osborne.
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Photographs of the Oliver Family, a family with deep roots in the Tallahassee area. Pictured, in order, are James "Billy" Oliver sitting in the grass and smiling, "Billy" Oliver smoking, his wife Annie Mae Oliver seated on a couch, a photo of the two at a dance, followed by a photo of the couple standing outside. The final photo is of their only child, Gwendolyn Oliver Parker.
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Photographs of Nelson family members, including, in order, C.B. Nelson, Philip John Nelson, Jr. with his grandparents, Nancey and Florida Adams, and Philip as a baby with his mother, Maggie Nelson Sampson. Philip Nelson grew up to become the first African American principal of Rickards High School. He was also a former assistant principal at Lincoln High.
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A collection of photos of African Americans in the United States Military. Pictured, in order, are Sgt. Gus Carter, Yabo Jackson of the U.S. Army, James Oliver and three unidentified soldiers, Eddie Lee, Sgt. William Smith, Roy Gilbert, and three unidentified African American members of the U.S. military.
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Portraits of an African American in professional garb. It is possible that this is Anatole E. Martin, Sr.'s son, Anatole E. Martin, Jr., who was a University Union Recreation Supervisor at Florida A&M University.
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Photographs of the McGhee Family, including portraits of some of their eleven children. Pictured, in order, are parents Samantha and Ellis McGhee, Sam, Peggy, Ellis smoking before a storefront, Peggy as a young child at some point in the 1940s, and Anita McGhee Davis.
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Elnora Hunter Yellowhair, mother of Margaret A. Yellowhair and wife of Edward Yellowhair.
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Margaret A. Yellowhair in an open casket at her funeral service. Mrs. Yellowhair was the owner of Capital Theater in the Frenchtown neighborhood of Tallahassee, Florida. She owned significant property in that area of town during her lifetime.
