Jean Thomas, dressed in a pioneer costume with bonnet, sits on a haystack in the arms of a man wearing overalls. A dog sits in front of them. The man may be Jean Thomas' husband of one year, Bert Thomas. Title supplied by cataloger.
Jean Thomas poses outside a raised frame house, where Aunt Betty Thomas (an elderly African-American woman) sits on the steps with two young boys. A young girl wearing a white dress stands beside them. Title supplied by cataloger.
Jean Thomas poses outside a raised frame house, where Aunt Betty Thomas (an elderly African-American woman) sits on the steps with two young boys. A young girl wearing a white dress stands beside Jean Thomas. Title supplied by cataloger.
Jean Thomas poses outside a raised frame house, where Aunt Betty Thomas (an elderly African-American woman) sits on the steps with two young boys and a young girl. Title supplied by cataloger.
Newlyweds Jean Thomas (née Bell) and Albert (Bert) Thomas (holding a kitten) stand in the yard of their frame house in Logan, West Virginia. Jean and Bert were married for less than a year, so this picture was likely taken in 1913-1914.
Newlyweds Jean Thomas (née Bell) and Albert (Bert) Thomas stand on the porch of their frame house in Logan, West Virginia. Jean and Bert were married for less than a year, so this picture was likely taken in 1913-1914. Another house, as well as...
Rural schools; Women; Log cabins; Books; Costumes--United States
Jean Thomas, wearing a hat and dress, stands in the doorway of the McGuffey Log School clutching a McGuffey Reader. Thomas acquired possession of this schoolhouse (similar to the one she had attended as a child) in Big Sandy country, and had it...
Jean Thomas, wearing a calico dress, stands in the doorway of the McGuffey Log School clutching a McGuffey Reader. Thomas acquired possession of this schoolhouse (similar to the one she had attended as a child) in Big Sandy country, and had it...
Jean Thomas, wearing a fur coat, stands by a gate with two young men holding dogs. The house resembles one in an older photo identified as that of Thomas' uncle, Henry Bell, of North Yorkshire, England. Thomas and her sister visited England with...
Jean Thomas, an old woman wearing a print vest, sits, talking and listening, in a series of photos taken by University of Louisville Curator of Photography Donald R. Anderson at a visit to Thomas "Wee House in the Wood" in Ashland,...
Jean Thomas, wearing a hat, sunglasses, and printed vest over a long-sleeve shirt, stands in the yard of her "Wee House in the Wood" in Ashland, Kentucky, looking at a photo or scrap of paper in her hand. Part of a series of photographs...
Jean Thomas, wearing a suit and hat, stands on the porch of her Traipsin' Woman Cabin on Mayo Trail near Ashland, Kentucky, holding a portable typewriter in its case.
Jean Thomas, wearing a suit and hat, stands near the bushes, possibly outside her Traipsin' Woman Cabin on the Mayo Trail near Ashland, Kentucky, holding a portable typewriter in its case. Title supplied by cataloger.
Jean Thomas, wearing a suit and hat, stands near the bushes, possibly outside her Traipsin' Woman Cabin on the Mayo Trail near Ashland, Kentucky, holding a portable typewriter in its case. Title supplied by cataloger.
Jean Thomas, wearing a suit and hat, stands on the porch of her Traipsin' Woman Cabin on Mayo Trail near Ashland, Kentucky, holding a portable typewriter in its case.
Jean Thomas, wearing a summer dress, sits outdoors in a wooden swing. Tygart Creek is in Wood County, West Virginia, although there is also a Tygarts Creek in northeastern Kentucky.
Jean Thomas, wearing a white smock with embroidered flowers, cinched by a cloth belt, and a tam on her head, paints a sign reading 'American Folk Song Festival' with an arrow on a large rock on the side of a mountain.
Jean Thomas, wearing a fur coat and a tam, holds the arm of Raymund McFeeters (in trench coat and hat) while standing on the step of her Traipsin' Woman Cabin near Ashland, Kentucky. Dorothy Thomas, wearing a wool coat with fur adornment, stands on...
Jean Thomas, wearing a fur coat and a tam, stands between Raymund McFeeters (in trench coat and hat) and Marion Kerby (with handbag). The group may have been visiting Jean Thomas en route to Hollywood: Marion Kerby was a singer and actress who had...
