A portrait of Mrs. Annie Craig, the real-life model for the character Grandmother MacIntyre in the Little Colonel books written by Annie Fellows Johnston. She is wearing a black lace dress and light reflects off her silver hair. Annie was the widow...
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...
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...
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:...
The tree-covered path alongside Central Avenue in front of the old Post Office in Pewee Valley, Kentucky. The sign on the tree reads: "Pewee Valley Post Office" and the front of the post office building is visible behind the tree on the...
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,...
A large two-story frame house with a front porch spanning its entire width, is partially obscured by large trees. The home, known as The Beeches, was once owned by the Lawtons, the model for the Walton family in the Little Colonel books. The author...
A circular driveway leads to The Beeches, Annie Fellows Johnston's home in Pewee Valley, Kentucky. The two-story frame house is partially obscured by large beech trees. Two women sit in the shade of a tree on the left. Mrs. Johnston bought The...
A girl with long hair wearing a white, or light-colored, dress poses in a swing suspended from a tree. The girl is believed to be the photographer's niece, Elizabeth Matthews, who was the real-life model for the character Betty Lewis in the Little...
Two small birds are eating off a stone bench next to a large vase of flowers and greenery. Handwritten on album page by Kate Matthews: "Birds & Flowers 1860". Also handwritten on mount in an unidentified handwriting: "Twigmore...
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...
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.
A woman leans against a small wooden building daydreaming about better times. Handwritten on verso in Kate Matthews hand: "Castles in the Air" and "Photograph, Kate Matthews, Pewee Valley, Kentucky".
Charlotta Matthews Osborn sits on a dark Victorian sofa, or settee, in the music room at Clovercroft, the Matthews' family home in Pewee Valley, Kentucky. Handwritten on album page in an unidentified handwriting: "Charlotta Matthews Osborn in...
Charlotta Matthews Osborn, another woman and a man enjoy tea at a table under a large tree on the lawn of Twigmore, Lillian Fletcher's home in Pewee Valley, Kentucky. The other woman may be Lillian Fletcher. There are also two garden benches, a...
Charlotte Anne Matthews, mother of photographer Kate Matthews, sits at a small table on the lawn of Clovercroft, the Matthews' family home in Pewee Valley, Kentucky. She is pouring tea from a silver tea service. Photo is mounted on a dark brown...
Charlotte Matthews and her daughter Florence lounge in a two hammocks under the trees at Clovercroft, the Matthews' family estate in Pewee Valley, Kentucky. Two other Matthews children, Jessie and Edward, are sitting on the ground. Jessie has...
Profile of Mary Johnston, dressed in a dark robe or wrap, playing a pipe organ in the Presbyterian Church in Pewee Valley, Kentucky. Light streams through the narrow arched window beside her and tinsel decorations glisten on a Christmas wreath...
Trees line a dirt road in Pewee Valley, Kentucky. White rail fences can be seen behind the trees. Title is from photographer's inscription on an album page with another print of this same image.
