Preview
Identifier
015_1986_44_1723
Approximate Date
July 1910
Description
This black and white photograph features a portrait of a Black woman named Lela Scott - she is sitting in a wicker chair with an elbow on the arm of the chair and her hand by her jaw. She is wearing a long light dress. Elsie Scott (1889-1981) and Lela Scott (1889-1962) were twins, two of 17 children of John & Julia Scott. John & Julia were both ex-slaves who migrated to Stafford County after the Civil War & homesteaded near St. John. Elsie graduated St. John High School. Lela Scott ordered the photograph.
Physical Description
5" x 7" Glass-plate negative
Subject
African American women--Portraits--1910-1920, Clothing & dress, Wicker furniture, Stafford County (Kan.)
Rights
© Stafford County Historical and Genealogical Society. All rights reserved. May not be reproduced without permission. Please credit Stafford County Historical and Genealogical Society as your source.
Publisher
Access provided by Forsyth Digital Collections
Collection
Gray Studio Glass Plate Negative Collection
Recommended Citation
Gray, William R., "Box 15, Neg. No. 9909: Lela Scott" (1910). Stafford County Museum Collection. 1600.
https://scholars.fhsu.edu/stafford_county/1600
Language
eng
Keywords
African American women--Portraits--1910-1920, Clothing & dress, Wicker furniture, Stafford County (Kan.)
Comments
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