Name/Title
Mr. and Mrs. Zachariah GravesEntry/Object ID
1956.001.0092Description
5 3/4"h x 3 3/8"w sepia tone photo of Mr. Zachariah and Mrs. Jane Graves on their 50th wedding anniversary, October 30, 1933. The couple is seated outdoors in wooden rockers in front of a white picket fence in front of a two story house with a one story addition. Mr. Graves had on a suit with vest, a white shirt and figured tie and dress shoes. Mrs. Graves had light hair, pulled back from her high forehead and narrow face. She wore glasses. She had on a long dark coat with a heavy astrakhan? collar and deep cuffs. Her dress is barely visible, but was ankle length. She appeared to be wearing heavy white stockings and Oxford style shoes, probably with a small heel. They each have their fingers laced together and hands in their laps.
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Text on verso: in black ink: "Zachariah S. Graves b. 15 Aug 1859 d 29 Sept 1949 Married 30 Oct 1883 Jane Elizabeth Biscoe b 18 Nov 1867 d 14 Nov 1946 Occasion of 50th wedding anniv. Oct 1933 Taken at Burroughs Farm Lockes Hill Road, Mechanicsville, MD info given by Ruth Graves Hill (granddaughter) 6 Dec 1999" and in black stamp ink "Photo taken by George Morgan Knight, Jr. P.O. Box 216, Leonardtown, Md."Collection
Papers of George Morgan Knight, Jr.Made/Created
Date made
October 30, 1933Dimensions
Dimension Notes
Print Size: 3 3/8" x 5 3/4"Location
Container
George Morgan Knight, Jr. Collection, Photo Box 1Shelf
Rack 07, Shelf 2Rack
Rack 07Wall
West wallRoom
Archives 1Building
Tudor HallRelationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
Graves, Jane ElizabethPerson or Organization
Graves, Zachariah S.Person or Organization
Hill, RuthPerson or Organization
Knight, George Morgan (1908-1956)