Porter Family
Item
Title
Porter Family
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Type
Image
Description
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.
Genre
Photographs
Place
Tallahassee (Fla.)
Physical Description
5 items
Identifier
JGRCMA-FC-B042B-F011-I004
Topics
African Americans--Portraits
Leon County Plantations
Pioneer Tallahassee Families
African American professional employees
Physical Location
Families Collection, John G. Riley House Archives, Tallahassee Community College Library, Tallahassee, Florida.