Matthew Carter and dogs, Charlton Family
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Matthew Carter and dogs, Charlton Family
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Type
Image
Description
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.
Genre
Photographs
Place
Tallahassee (Fla.)
Physical Description
1 item
Identifier
JGRCMA-FC-B042A-F013-I005
Topics
African American families
African American farmers
Plantations
Rural families
Physical Location
Families Collection, John G. Riley House Archives, Tallahassee Community College Library, Tallahassee, Florida.