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A photo of Howard Jackson as a child with the message "Merry Xmas From Howard 46" written in the back.
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A picture of twins, Jeanette and Annette Hall.
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A portrait of Sadie Butler when she was 1 year old.
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A photograph of an unidentified baby on a blanket on top of grass.
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A group picture of Janice Bryant's 8th birthday party, held on 4th and Macomb Street in Tallahassee. Janice was the daughter of Bennie Osborne McCloud Moseley.
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A picture of Matthew Carter and Ephraim Charlton. The Charlton Family lived on the Gwynn property, where Carter's wife Willie Mae also lived as a child, and which was later incorporated into the Ayavalla Plantation. Ephraim worked at Ayavalla for nearly 50 years, first as a farm hand, then, for many years, as a gardener, and then as a butler. Matthew was a dog handler and horse trainer, and lived at Ayavalla with his wife from 1942-1948.
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A photograph of Matthew Carter and dogs at the Ayavalla Plantation. Carter and his wife Willie Mae Rollins Carter lived at Ayavalla from 1942 until 1947 or 1948. There, Carter was a dog handler and horse trainer. His parents, Willie and Ellen Carter, and his father’s mother, Julia Herring, were tenants on land that eventually was purchased for Ayavalla. His wife, Willie Mae, was also related to the Proctor family, a notable family in Tallahassee history, as the great-granddaughter of John Proctor.
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A photograph of Henrietta Atkins, "Mother Atkins" or "Granny Atkins," who was a lay midwife in Leon County. Born on march 12, 1865, she delivered over 3,000 babies before her death on 1967. She was one of the few who trained for the midwifery certificate during the 1930s, and she received her certificate in 1934 from the Midwife Institute housed at Florida A&M College.
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A photograph of Maggie Purcell, a practical nurse in Leon County who provided at-home care for many Tallahassee families, white and black, during the 1920s through the 1950s. She also provided care for rural families, and made trips to distribute articles of clothing. Her home was located on Pensacola Street, an African American community that is now the location of the Tallahassee-Leon County Civic Center.
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A portrait of Dr. James R. Bate. Dr. Bate's office was located at 219 1/2 Adams Street from the 1930s to the 1950s. A physician and surgeon, he provided care for many African American families in Tallahassee during the Jim Crow Era.
