Jessie Wilmetta (Rasel) Miller [1884-1916]

Photograph

Greene Connections

Jessie Wilmetta (Rasel) Miller [1884-1916]

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Name/Title

Jessie Wilmetta (Rasel) Miller [1884-1916]

Entry/Object ID

2008.5.454

Description

Cabinet card of Jessie Wilmetta (Rasel) Miller [1884-1916] - wife of Melville Dunreath Miller, daughter of Lewis C. Rasel and Rachel Dague. Handwritten inscription on back of image reads, "Jessie W. Rasel and Booker Washington the kitten." Identity confirmed by comparison to item # CAND_AN008_0001. Original, no photographer listed.

Photograph Details

Type of Photograph

Cabinet Card

Collection

Candice Lynn Buchanan Collection

Acquisition

Accession

2008.5

Acquisition Method

Digital

Credit Line

Candice Lynn Buchanan

Made/Created

Date made

circa 1900

Lexicon

Search Terms

Miller family, Pets--Cats, Rasel family

Other Names and Numbers

Other Number

CAND_AN008_0012

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Rasel, Jessie Wilmetta [1884-1916]

Web Links and URLs

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Provenance

Provenance Detail

Miller-Herrod Series - Candice Lynn Buchanan Collection

Notes

The photograph was discovered in an antique shop and returned to the family by the generous researcher who found it. Now in the ownership of Jessie's great-great-granddaughter, Candice Lynn Buchanan, it was shared with the Greene Connections: Greene County, Pennsylvania Archives Project in 2023. SOURCE CITATION: Jessie Wilmetta (Rasel) Miller [1884-1916]; circa 1900; item no. CAND_AN008_0012, Candice Lynn Buchanan Collection; Greene Connections Archives Project (GreeneConnections.com).