I have to preface this picture with a few comments. Yesterday, my cousin, the granddaughter of my great-grandmother Pearlie Mae “Julie” Kilpatrick sent me this picture and I am absolutely mesmerized by it. I only have a few pictures of Pearlie Mae and this one is exquisite. She was all dressed up, including a pearl […]
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My father in 1970 – point guard for the Newbold High School basketball team in Dover, North Carolina. Picture taken from his yearbook. Research tip for me: consult newspapers from the time period to see if his performance was mentioned 🙂
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Another not so wordless post for Wordless Wednesday Who: Me 🙂 What: Showing off my favorite dress – I LOVED THIS DRESS! Where: Roswell suberb outside of Atlanta, Georgia where we were living at the time. When: Late spring 1989, end of my 9th grade year Why: Evening choir concert for my choir at school.
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a not so wordless post – this is the hall where one of my ancestral relatives, Dred Wimberly, represented Edgecombe County in the 1900 Republican National Convention. Source: Harvey, Charles M. Official Proceedings of the Twelfth Republican National Convention. 1900. Google Books. 22 Sept. 2008 <http://books.google.com/books?id=6SIQAAAAYAAJ
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Who looks like who in these pictures? Do you see any resemblences? Let me know if you do. I’ll post later on why I did this.
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Yesterday in my Wordless Wednesday post, I put up a picture of the historical marker of Freedom Hill, North Carolina. Freedom Hill was an all African-American community established in Edgecombe County, North Carolina in 1865 by freed slaves. It is the oldest incorporated black town in the US, getting incorporated in 1885 as Princeville. The
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This picture is one my mother recently sent me of her uncle Fred and Curtis – both brothers of my grandmother. This was taken in the 1940s-early 50s most likely. The reason I posted this picture is because of the tanks in the background. My mother was always telling me how close their building in
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