Name/Title
Beshears Family Photos of Unidentified Family GroupsEntry/Object ID
P2018.8.65Description
Beshears Family Photos of Unidentified Family Groups, undated. Most likely photos of family members of Dr. Rufus Preston Beshears, a local black dentist. 12 snapshots, b/w.
A = Young women (6) in line, one behind other. Front females are sitting, final female standing. taken outdoors, house in background. c. 1910 b/w. cut into an oval from postcard photo. 2½" x 3¾".
B = Boys (7) in group, c. age 6-10, both black & white boys, wearing caps.cc. 1910. b/w, blurry, very small, 2½" x 1½"
C = Couples (3) in swim attire standing in ocean. c. 1940. 2 copies. b/w, blurry, 3½" x 2½". (Likely Dr. Rufus Preston Beshears in the middle)
D = Family Group of 2 men and four women, in good dresses and suits. Man in front has hand over his heart is likely Dr. Rufus Beshears. c. 1940. 4 copies. b/w, 3½" x 2½".
E & F = Man in between two women, one with gray hair. Two views. c. 1940. b/w, blurry, 3½" x 2½". Man in F is likely Dr. Beshears.
G = Helen Beshears (3rd from left), and three other women posed in front of fence in everyday dress., c. 1910. "Helen Beshears" handwritten under her likeness. b/w. 3¾" x 2½". Poor condition.
H = Woman & boy c. age 10. woman in light dress with apron, boy in light shirt/pants. Taken outside. c. 1930. b/w, bordered snapshot, 3" x 4". Poor condition, cracked.
I = Two men and two women in dress clothes, Man on left has hat in hand is Dr. Beshears. c. 1940. Taken outdoors. b/w. 3½" x 2½". (See 2018.8.41K for idenitifed photo of Beshears in same suit).
J = Two men in white shirts/dark pants on either side of women. Sitting on low porch with rock garden in foreground, house in background. c. 1940. b/w, blurry, 2¾" x 4½". (same scene as 2018.8.66D)
K = Two men in suits, woman between, all wearing hats so that shade obscures their faces. Taken on sidewalk in front of house. c. 1940. b/w, 2¾" x 4½". Poor condition, left bottom corner missing, cracked at top left corner.Made/Created
Studio
UnknownDate made
1910 - 1940Notes
Date: 1940Lexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
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Print, PhotographicNomenclature Primary Object Term
PhotographNomenclature Sub-Class
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Documentary ObjectsNomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication ObjectsSearch Terms
Beshears FamilyDimensions
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Printsize: VariousRelationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
Rufus P. BeshearsProvenance
Notes
Items found in basement of Brookdale East Apt. Complex, the first public housing project in St. Joseph, established through the efforts of activist, Kelsey Beshears. Her son, Jerry Cooper, lived in the complex even after Kelsey's death. Donated by member of local NAACP.
