The photographer's sister, Florence Matthews, poses with a sled and a dog in a snow scene in Vermont. Handwritten on verso: "With Christmas Love, To Florence, From Kate" An inscription on another print of this image (1985.09.021)...
Photograph of an oil painting by Herbert Ross of Annie Fellows Johnston, author of the Little Colonel series of children's books. Title supplied by cataloger.
Portrait of the photographer's mother, Charlotta Anne Clark Matthews, also known as Grandmother Matthews. Signed by photographer on mount below lower right edge of print: "Kate Matthews, Feb. 1910 (or perhaps 1908)." Title supplied by...
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...
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...
Triple exposure showing Matthews Fletcher in suit with rifle on shoulder and two other images of him wearing a sweater. Handwritten on verso: "A mess of boys or In a snow storm (?) In August, Am so sorry".
Portrait of photographer Kate Matthews and her sister Florence. Handwritten on verso in Matthews Fletcher's hand: "Jessie Matthews Joy, Florence Matthews," but Kate Matthews wrote "Florence and Kate" on an album page with a...
A man identified in other Kate Matthews photographs as Ted plays a violin as he stands facing the camera next to the pipe organ in Pewee Valley Presbyterian Church in Oldham County, Kentucky. There is a music stand in front of him and a music book...
Kate Matthews stands on a small ladder picking grapes in a vineyard at Clovercroft, the Matthews' family home in Pewee Valley, Kentucky. She is wearing a flowered garden smock and straw hat. Handwritten on album page by photographer Kate Matthews:...
Jay Joy sits on a cast iron garden bench on the lawn at Clovercroft. Her left hand is touching the back of a large lamb sitting at her feet. Handwritten on album page by photographer Kate Matthews: "Jay Joy = The pet lamb". Inscriptions...
Charlotta Matthews, wearing a long dark dress, stands at the top of the terrace steps at Clovercroft, the Matthews family home in Pewee Valley, Kentucky. Handwritten on album page by photographer Kate Matthews: "Grandmother Matthews"....
An African-American gardener rakes leaves on the grounds of Clovercroft, photographer Kate Matthews' family home in Pewee Valley, Kentucky. He wears a vest, jacket, hat, and gloves, and smoke rises from the pile of leaves beside him. The house can...
Weeds and tall grass line a grassy path between gnarled trunks of old locust trees in Pewee Valley, Kentucky. Handwritten on album page by photographer Kate Matthews: "Locust pathway". Inscriptions in the album, which Kate Matthews gave...
A man sits on a piano stool in the music room at Clovercroft. He is wearing a suit, and is turned away from the piano. A violin bow lies across his lap and he is looking at the violin he holds. Handwritten on album page by photographer Kate...
A Steinway Grand piano in the music room of photographer Kate Matthews' home, Clovercroft. Candelabra and a small harp sit on the piano which is in front of a heavily draped window. A music book is open on the music stand. Handwritten on album page...
A side view of concrete steps leading from the terrace down to a sunlit garden path on the grounds of photographer Kate Matthews' family home, Clovercroft, in Pewee Valley, Kentucky. Large planters sit at the head of the steps and large trees shade...
Tree-lined Ashwood Avenue in Pewee Valley, Kentucky. Handwritten on album page by photographer Kate Matthews: "'Ashwood Avenue". Inscriptions in the album, which Kate Matthews gave to her great-nephew, Charles B. Fletcher, Jr., include:...
A large wrought iron gate is framed by two brick columns at the entrance to Tuliphurst, an historic home in Pewee Valley, Kentucky (NHRP Bldg. #89001979). Handwritten on album page by photographer Kate Matthews: "'Tuliphurst' gateway"....
Lillian Fletcher, niece of photographer Kate Matthews, is holding a basket of flowers as she stands in front of a painted backdrop or mural. She is wearing a lace-trimmed gown and flowers in her hair. Handwritten on album page by photographer Kate...
A stone fireplace and hearth in photographer Kate Matthews' family home, Clovercroft, in Pewee Valley, Kentucky. Wreaths decorate the corners of the mantle and a framed oil painting of dogs hangs on the wall above. Handwritten on album page by...
