Court family photos from a film strip on farming and self-sufficiency

Object/Artifact

St. Mary's County Historical Society, Leonardtown, MD

Name/Title

Entry/Object ID

2008.002.0001

Description

1 dark red rectangular photo album 8"h x 12 3/8"w x 5/8"d with black heavy paper pages. A 2"h x 4" w silver escutcheon is stamped in the upper left quadrant of the cover with the word "Photographs" in dark red script in the device. A one inch "spine" is tied with bright red cord with crimped metal black tips brought through black grommets. On the first page is taped the envelope with the thank you letter from the person from Washington who may have directed the production. There are 28 6"h x 8"w black and white photos of the Court family and others that were used in a United States Dept. of Agriculture film strip to demonstrate growing and preserving a family's own food. The photos were taken in 1933, but the filmstrip may not have been published until 1934. The book will be photocopied and then disassembled to better care for the photographs therein. The front cover will be retained and the photos will be cataloged in the Photos module. Photocopied contents of the binder: 1. Cover 2. Envelope of thank you letter from Ms. McPheeters 2A. Transcipt of letter 3. Page 1 of letter 4. Page 2 of letter 5. Photo of the family at the dinner table 6. Photo of the family at the dinner table 7. Photo of Mr. and Mrs. Court in the field 8. Photo of Mr. and Mrs. Court in the field 9. Photo of someone harvesting a root crop 10. Photo of Mr. Court retrieving turnips? from an underground storage space 11. Mrs. Court canning vegetables 12. Mrs. Court canning vegetables 13. Mrs. Court making cheese 14. Mrs. Court's pantry 15. Mr. Court milking the cow 16. Mary Court delivering milk to a school 17. Mary Court and a cousin with the family's poultry 18. Mr. Court and a neighbor trading produce 19. The family simulating paying the doctor with produce 20. Mr. Court paying the doctor with produce 21. Mrs. Court packing eggs 22. Mrs. Court selling eggs 23. Keeping accounts 24. The family going on vacation 25. Keeping accounts 26. Keeping accounts 27. Mrs. Court selling eggs to the grocer 28. Mr. Court purchasing a money order 29. Mrs. Court selling eggs to buy staples 30. Mrs. Court sharing food with a neighbor 31. Mrs. Court sharing her knowledge with the Cedar Point Homemakers' Club 32. Mrs. Court sharing her knowledge with the Cedar Point Homemakers' Club

Collection

Court Family Collection

Made/Created

Date made

1933 - 1934

Dimensions

Height

8 in

Width

12-3/8 in

Depth

5/8 in

Location

Container

Court Family Photo Collection

Shelf

Rack 07, Shelf 2

Rack

Rack 07

Wall

West wall

Room

Archives 1

Building

Tudor Hall

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Bean, Philip Jenifer

Person or Organization

Biscoe, George

Person or Organization

Court, Fred

Person or Organization

Court, Mary

Person or Organization

Court, Vera

Person or Organization

Greenwell, Hope

Person or Organization

Guyther, Thomas

Person or Organization

Joy, Ethel

Person or Organization

Mattingly, James Woodley

Person or Organization

Swann, B. Gorman