Name/Title
Woman on HorseEntry/Object ID
2001.5.119 A-BDescription
Two copies of an identical photograph of a girl on a brown horse with a one-story house in the background. The girl is wearing a hat, a neck scarf, and a white outfit. The horse's pad has a star and trim. The stamp on the back reads "Lollar's Studio Columbia, SC."Photograph Details
Subject Person or Organization
Cecile HugginsContext
This image is believed to be of Cecile Huggins (1900-2006) of Columbia, daughter of George Henry Huggins (1860-1929) and Daisy Huggins (1874-1961). Her father served as postmaster of Columbia and later as the treasurer of the University of South Carolina. The family lived in a four-square home at 2602 Blossom Street beginning in 1921; this photograph may have been taken in Shandon shortly thereafter.
Cecile began her career in education at Greenville High School, where she worked from 1931 until 1942. She went on to become an assistant biology professor at the University of South Carolina for 24 years, retiring in 1967. She was involved in many organizations, including the Daughters of the American Revolution and the Society of American Bacteriologists. Cecile also was the curator for the A.A.U.P. Academy of Science. When she moved out of her family's home at 2602 Blossom Street in 2001, she donated many objects to Historic Columbia and other local museums.
While the photographer is unknown, this image was developed at Lollar's Studio on Main Street in Columbia, operated by Pleas A. Lollar (1890-1932). A native of Alabama, Lollar first worked in a studio with R.R. Beatty beginning in 1918. In 1922, he opened his own photograph studio on Main Street, where he also processed film. He operated out of this studio for ten years, gaining customers from outside Columbia through advertising in Camden and Bamberg. Lollar died of pellagra, a disease caused by a vitamin B3 deficiency, at the U.S. Naval Hospital in Charleston, South Carolina.Made/Created
Studio
Lollar's StudioDate made
circa 1922 - circa 1932Place
City
Columbia, South CarolinaDimensions
Height
2-1/2 inWidth
3-1/2 in
