Art and photography; Johnston, Annie F. (Annie Fellows), 1863-1931. Little Colonel series; Pewee Valley (Ky.)--Social life and customs--Pictorial works; Photograph albums; Portrait photographs; Tableaux; Upper class families--Kentucky--Pewee...
431 items by pioneering woman photographer Kate Matthews, of Pewee Valley, Kentucky. Best known for her photographs depicting characters in the Little Colonel series of children's books written by her friend and neighbor Annie Fellows Johnston,...
An artist, who appears to be Mary Johnston, is resting her head on a box on a table in her studio. Brushes and paints are on the table and watercolor paintings hang around the room. Title supplied by cataloger.
Hattie Cochran and Annie Fellows Johnston pose with the book, "The Little Colonel at Boarding School" (1903). They are sitting on a small wood settee in front of a bookcase by a window. Hattie, the real-life person upon whom Annie Fellows...
Annie Fellows Johnston and Hattie Cochran pose under trees on the driveway at The Beeches, an estate in Pewee Valley, Kentucky. They are holding hands and Mrs. Johnston holds a folded parasol in her other hand. Hattie is the real-life person upon...
Annie Fellows Johnston and Hattie Cochran pose under trees on the driveway at The Beeches, an estate in Pewee Valley, Kentucky. Mrs. Johnston holds an open parasol over her right shoulder. Hattie is the real-life person upon whom Annie Fellows...
Birthday parties; Dwellings; Houses; Stone buildings; Garden parties; Walkways
Members of photographer Kate Matthews' family gather outdoors at Twigmore in Pewee Valley, Kentucky to celebrate a birthday. Twigmore was an estate owned by the photographer's niece, Lillian Fletcher. Charlotta Matthews Osborn is seated at the...
Alice Malone Osborn, in her wedding gown and veil, walks through a garden and away from the camera, but turns to admire the lilies. Alice was the bride of photographer Kate Matthews' nephew, Charles M. Osborn. Title supplied by cataloger.
Unidentified woman in a bridal gown and veil descends the steps at Clovercroft, photographer Kate Matthews' family home in Pewee Valley, Kentucky. She is holding flowers in one hand and a fan in the other. Title supplied by cataloger.
Elizabeth Barrows Fletcher, niece of photographer Kate Matthews, poses in her wedding gown and veil. She stands against a plain background with sunlight illuminating the right side of her torso and face. Miss Fletcher married Charles William...
White wood house with stone details, Pewee Valley, Kentucky. Known as The Beeches, this house was once owned by the Lawtons, who were models for the Walton family in the Little Colonel book series. The author of the books, Annie Fellows Johnston,...
Vertically ribbed white house in Pewee Valley, Kentucky, with wood lacework hanging from the roof, amid large trees. The basic structure of Tuliphurst, a historic home in Pewee Valley, Kentucky, now on the National Register of Historic Places, was...
Buildings; Health care facilities; Nursing homes; Kentucky Confederate Home
Kentucky Confederate Home stone-pillared entryway in Pewee Valley, Kentucky. The man with white hair in wheelchair in foreground has been identified Alexander N. White or A.N. White, the last Confederate veteran in Pewee Valley. The Kentucky...
Buildings; Religious facilities; Churches; Catholic churches
Circular photograph of St. Aloysius Catholic Church in Pewee Valley, Kentucky, a stone building with two circular turrets and a double set of doors, nestled among trees.
Buildings; Religious facilities; Churches; Episcopal churches
St. James Episcopal Church, possibly in Pewee Valley. Building has single pointed steeple, topped with a cross, positioned between two large trees at the end of an unpaved path.
Jennie Casseday's Rest Cottage for Working Women near Pewee Valley. Tilted photograph shows five women sitting on the porch floor of a light colored two-story brick house. Large bushes cover much of the rest of the house. The left side of the house...
The graves of photographer Kate Matthews' parents, Charlotte Ann and Lucien G. Matthews, in Pewee Valley Cemetery in Oldham County, Kentucky. Title supplied by cataloger.
A man wearing a suit and hat bends over to read a tombstone that is partially obstructed by tall grass. Photographer Kate Matthews' signature is on lower right corner of mount. Also handwritten on album page by Kate Matthews: "Perhaps in some...
