Byrd Family Home

Photograph

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Picnooga

Name/Title

Byrd Family Home

Entry/Object ID

2022.026.002

Description

Black and white cabinet card photograph of the Byrd family home in East Chattanooga. The photograph features a Folk Victorian home with a large veranda with decorative flatsawn baulsters. There are five people in the front yard of the home. The woman at front, center behind the picketed fence is wearing a white shirtwaist and a small dark tie at her neck and a dark skirt. There is a young girl at far left who is seated in the opening in the fence on a small stool. She is wearing a light or white dress with her hair in two low bunches and is holding a cat in her lap. In the midground are three individuals. There is a man at far left wearing a dark pant, necktie, and suit coat while holding a straw hat. There is a young man standing to his left wearing a light colored pair of pants that are held up by suspenders. He is also holding onto the halter of a bay or chestnut horse. At far right of the photograph sits a young woman in white on a wicker garden chair. "The Byrd Family and Miss Gussie at East Chattanooga" is written on pencil on the rear.

Photograph Details

Type of Photograph

Cabinet Card

Collection

Chattanooga Neighborhood Collection

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Jefferson Campbell Anderson

Copyright

Restrictions

Credit Chattanooga Historical Society Reproduction permitted for non-profit educational and research purposes only