Smith Collection

The negatives were taken by James Thomas Smith of Lynchburg's African American community. He worked for the railroad
and did photography as a hobby. The donor found the negatives in the basement of Mr. Smith's home, her grandfather, who lived
in the area of Federal Street. Ca. 1940s-1960s

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Group of Men (00901)

An undated photograph of fifteen mostly unidentified men on front steps wearing dress clothes. Underneath the picture was a piece of paper that is glued to the photo album. Written in pencil are numbers signifying the number of men in each row. Below that "trustees" was written and then crossed out and replaced with "Officers." Above the 1 in the first row is Ruben Harris, above the 2 Carl, 3 W. C. Thompson, 4 Jeff Anderson (with Louise Ander written above that). Next to the 5 is a question mark and 6 is Isiah Balloo (Ballou?). On the second row numbers 1-3 are blank, above 4 is Burton.

Lynchburg African American Smith Collection People Ruben Harris Carl W.C. Thompson Jeff Anderson Louise Ander Isiah Ballou Burton

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