Real-life models for seven characters in Annie Fellows Johnston's Little Colonel books pose outdoors. Fanny Craig (Miss Allison McIntyre) sits in the center chair, holding a book as if reading to the group. Hattie Cochran (Lloyd Sherman, a.k.a. The...
Photomechanical print of portrait of man wearing hat with ear flaps (folded atop his head), a tweed jacket, and a suspicious look on his face. He holds a lit cigar in one hand, and an unidentified object in the other hand. Title supplied by...
Full-length portrait of Hattie Cochran in a camisole and petticoat standing in front of a white backdrop. Hattie was the person upon whom Annie Fellows Johnston based the character Lloyd Sherman in her Little Colonel book series. This image was...
Elizabeth Fletcher Brackett, a great-niece of photographer Kate Matthews, reenacts "Alice Through the Looking Glass." She wears a white dress and is kneeling on a dresser, looking into the mirror. There is a clock on the dresser and an...
Elizabeth Fletcher Brackett, a great-niece of photographer Kate Matthews, is curled in chair holding a ball of yarn in her hands and a kitten in her lap. She appears to be reenacting a scene from "Alice in Wonderland," except the cat is...
Elizabeth Fletcher Brackett, a great-niece of photographer Kate Matthews, curled in chair holding ball of yarn in her hands and with a kitten in her lap. She appears to be reenacting a scene from "Alice in Wonderland," except the cat is...
Elizabeth Brackett, a great-niece of photographer Kate Matthews, reenacts "Alice Through the Looking Glass." She is wearing a white dress and is kneeling on a dresser top holding a kitten in her arms. Title supplied by cataloger.
Elizabeth Fletcher Brackett, a great-niece of photographer Kate Matthews, viewed from rear, is gazing at a stuffed white rabbit sitting under a tree. She is apparently reenacting "Alice in Wonderland." Title supplied by cataloger.
Young adults; Forests; Daydreaming; Girls; Fictitious characters
Teenage girl, wearing a plaid dress and hat, appears to be deep in thought as she stands in the woods. She is leaning on a rail that is part of a platform or bench that has been constructed among the trees. Although the young woman does not appear...
Photograph of a three-quarters oval portrait of Hattie Cochran at about age five as Lloyd Sherman in "The Little Colonel" book (1895). She is wearing a Napoleon style tri-corner hat. Photographer Kate Matthews' signature is on the lower...
Amanthis Jungbluth poses as Grandmother Amanthis Lloyd, deceased wife of the Old Colonel in the Little Colonel book series. Wearing a dark lace shawl and a dark hat with a light veil, Amanthis stands in profile next to a stone pillar on the porch...
Sara Russell posing as "Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch," from a novel written by Alice Hegan Rice of Louisville in 1901. The play premiered at Macauley's Theatre in Louisville in 1903. Title supplied by cataloger.
Fannie Craig, as Miss Allison in the Little Colonel books, conducts Sunday school for Sylvia Gibb's children as described in Chapter IX of "The Little Colonel's House Party" (1900), written by Annie Fellows Johnston. Title supplied by...
Rebecca Porter, as Mom Beck in the Little Colonel book series by Annie Fellows Johnston, stands wearing a dark dress with a white apron and a kerchief on her head. Title supplied by cataloger.
Fanny Craig, the real-life model for the character Allison MacIntyre in Annie Fellows Johnston's Little Colonel book series, sits in a Victorian style parlor holding a single flower. She is dressed in a long white dinner dress, and a reproduction...
Sara Russell posing as "Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch," from a novel written by Alice Hegan Rice of Louisville in 1901. The play premiered at Macauley's Theatre in Louisville in 1903. Title supplied by cataloger.
Princess Winsome, from the "Rescue of Princess Winsome" tale in the Little Colonel books, with the white dove to which she sang, "Flutter and fly...bid him be brave, little carrier dove." Title supplied by cataloger.
Outdoor portrait of a young woman with long dark hair in plaits. She is wearing a white dress, has an iris in her hair and is holding irises, as she stands near a stone wall. Kate Matthews frequently persuaded relatives and neighbors to pose in...
