Ada Smith Clewis married Alvin Roland Clewis of Old Dock, Columbus County, NC. She was born March 2, 1896 and died March 28, 1938 buried at Western Prong Cemetery in Whiteville, Columbus County, NC
People in photo include: Ada Smith
Portrait photographs and paintings of our loved ones and ancestors.
Before photos we had paintings of family members - most usually these were reserved for the well off. The era of modern photography began with the daguerreotype, in 1839. Since the advent of photogr...
The 1800s where the end of the industrial revolution and the birth of scientists.
The Industrial Revolution began around 1760 and ran through the 1840's. Then began the birth of the profession of science. Louis Pasteur, Charles Darwin, Michael Faraday, Thomas Edison, and Nikola Te...
Photos of the 1900's which brought us from the industrial age to the technological age.
From 1900 through 1999 we witnessed the beginning of flight to a man on the moon and a Mars Rover. We went from using phones tethered by cords and computers that filled rooms, to carrying the equivale...
The 1930's were a decade of severe stress: the Great Depression, the Dust Bowl, the rise of Nazism. But it was also the end of Prohibition, the beginning of the change of land management (poor farm ...
Photos of all kinds of ships used in war, commerce, and pleasure, and the men and women who sail on them.
Ocean liners, submarines, destroyers, aircraft carriers, battle ships - and yachts, oh my! Water transportation has been, and continues to be, a vital part of our economies and history.
Ships transp...