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A picture of John Baldwin playing the guitar. John was the brother of Lucille Baldwin Holliday, later Lucille Holliday Brown, who was Leon County's first African American librarian. The Baldwin-Holliday family were prominent members of the Smokey Hollow community. Their parents, Dallas and Claudia Baldwin, also notably co-founded St. John's AME Church.
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A group picture of Herbert Williams, Ida B. Ford Williams, and George D. "Rabbit" Holliday. George is related by marriage to Dallas and Claudia Baldwin, who co-founded St. John's AME Church. The Baldwin-Holliday family were prominent members of the Smokey Hollow community. His wife, Lucille Baldwin Holliday, and later Lucille Holliday Brown, was Leon County's first African American librarian.
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A picture of Dallas and Claudia Baldwin on their 65th Wedding Anniversary. From the Baldwin family in Tallahassee, Dallas and Claudia co-founded St. John's AME Church and were prominent members of the Smokey Hollow community. Moreover, their daughter, Lucille Baldwin Holliday, and later Lucille Holliday Brown, went on to become Leon County's first African American librarian.
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A group picture of Billy Oliver, George D. "Rabbit" Holliday, and Chief Samuel Gillian from an unknown event. George is related by marriage to Dallas and Claudia Baldwin, who co-founded St. John's AME Church. The Baldwin-Holliday family were prominent members of the Smokey Hollow community. His wife, Lucille Baldwin Holliday, and later Lucille Holliday Brown, was Leon County's first African American librarian.
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A portrait of Annie Baldwin from the 1940s taken at the Avery Studio in Frenchtown, Tallahassee. She was related to Dallas and Claudia Baldwin, who co-founded St. John's AME Church. The Baldwin-Holliday family were prominent members of the Smokey Hollow community, including a notable member, Lucille Holliday Brown who was Leon County's first African American librarian.
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A picture of Essex Barnes on the Welaunee Plantation from the 1940s. He and his wife, Mary Essex, lived, worked, and raised their family on the Welaunee Plantation. They lived in the old home place headed by Oliver Barnes until the late 1940s when they bought property across Miccosukee Highway and became independent farmers.
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A picture of Mary and Essex Barnes in their later years. They lived, worked, and raised their family on the Welaunee Plantation. They lived in the old home place headed by Oliver Barnes until the late 1940s when they bought property across Miccosukee Highway and became independent farmers.
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A family portrait of the Twine-Crawford Family. Reverend Divillow Crawford (March 22, 1887-June 10, 1968), and Victoria Twine (August 13, 1898-December 21, 1979) were married for 48 years. They lived at 624 Madison Street and were the parents of Robert, Patricia, Phyllis, Richard, Wilhelmina, Carl, Eva and George. Other family members include Jerry Lee Crawford and Mildred Crawford, also digitized in this collection.
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A picture of Wilhemina "Brown Baby" Crawford and her husband Leroy Wester at American Beach, Fla. from the 1940s. Their family includes Divillow Crawford, Victoria Twine, Jerry Lee Crawford, and Mildred Crawford.
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A portrait of Jerry Lee Crawford from the Crawford Family. Her obituary states: "Mrs. Crawford was a lifelong resident of Tallahassee. She was a member of Philadelphia P. B. Church where she was the former chairperson of the Deaconess Board and sang with the Miles Gospel Singers and other choirs. She was a member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. and the Middle Florida/Georgia Primitive Baptist Association, Florida State P. B. Convention, National P. B. Convention. She was an active member of the Mothers'/Deaconess Auxiliary of the Middle FL/GA P. B. Association and the National P.B. Convention, a former member of the Daughters of Isis, Order of Eastern Star."
