This is part of my family.Carl Whorton is my father. His Mother was Nellie Washington, Daughter of Alminy Washington. I remember the Allman name and clicked on your photo. As far as I know this was done in St. Clair Co. where my grandmother was from.
I have another photo taken of some of these people. It's in poor shape also. I'd love to see a higher resolution and I'd be happy to exhange copies. You can e-mail me.