Jen Aiken

My great-great-great grandmother Wilhemina in her spider queen performance costume for a carnival play.

Hanging a stocking for Santa to fill around 1901.

The stockings were hung by the chimney with care, In hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there; Merry Christmas Eve everyone, from our family to yours -1901

A photo of my fourth great grand-father, rabbi Dow Ber Meisels, born in 1798. He was Chief Rabbi in Krakow, Poland. He supported Polish Independence for which he was persecuted by the Russian government.

Photo taken by G.S. Smallwood: A double exposure "spirit" photograph of a girl holding flowers, surrounded by "spectral" faces of four people.

You may look at this and just see a double exposure. But this kind of "spirit" photo (often purposely faked, not accidental) was very popular around the turn of the 20th century. Photography was relatively new and spiritualism was very popular. This photo would have been seen as proof that the girl had three spirit guides around her, protecting her.

Photo courtesy of the Library of Congress, G.S. Smallwood photographer

A photo of Noel Dolley Atha

A photo of Maria Poirson Carbonell with a doll. Maria was dressed in black because her mother had died recently.

A photo of an unknown child. John Rapier Photographer, No. 18 Front Street, Meridian, MS

This photo was obtained by Historic Clarke County in MS whening purchusing the Gavin-Huff house in Quitman MS. The photo album contains pitcures mostly from Alabama/Mississippi. Any information in identifying the baby in this picture is appreciated.

A photo of the Yates brothers, three sons of Darling Barber Yates and Emily Oliver
They were too young for the Civil War. They were hired to be peace keepers at the County Fair after the Civil War. Back row:L-R James Oliver Yates & Andrew Jackson Yates Front row L-R: Johnson (friend) & George Washington Yates.
This photo was taken by The Central Gallery, Brookshire-Matthews Co. 403 Twenty Third ST. Meridian, Mississippi, USA

A photo of Harry Jerome Berberich

Alida Baruch was deported with her parents to Auschwitz on July 16,1942 at age 5 months.

feeding his chickens...Upton Shefford Peck was born on January 3, 1920, in Iowa, the only child of Daniel and Alice Maud. He married Goldie Lillian Barrett on May 22, 1940, in Decorah, Iowa. They had seven children during their marriage. He died on May 24, 1989, at the age of 69.

Cousins George Engel and Lea Penman at 1236 Acoma Street, Denver, Colorado in 1912. After attending Denver University, Lea would later embark on a stage and screen career with her greatest achievement being cast as Dolly Tate in the 1946 Broadway Musical production of "Annie Get Your Gun", which opened at the Imperial Theatre in New York City on May 16, 1946 and ran for 1,147 performances and was the third longest running musical of the 1940s.

My Mom & Grandmother: This is a photo of my mother Beverly as a baby with her mother Margueurita Smith in 1938.

A photo of Leon & Hazel Meacham
People in photo include: Hazel Meacham