An older woman with gray hair stands in a garden holding an Asian style parasol on her right shoulder and a vine or branch in her left hand. She is wearing a dress with large sleeves and a lace collar. The woman may be Fannie Caldwell Macaulay,...
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...
Flowering shrubs line the walkway leading to Hattie Cochran's home on Maple Avenue in Pewee Valley, Kentucky. Hattie was the real-life model for the character Lloyd Sherman in the Little Colonel books written by Annie Fellows Johnson. This house is...
A woman stands next to a row of tall irises in a garden. The woman is probably Mamie, or Mary, Johnston and the garden is probably at the Beeches in Pewee Valley, Kentucky. Ms. Johnston was the step-daughter of author Annie Fellows Johnston who...
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.
Mary Johnston, wearing a light dress, holds hand-picked flowers in her arms as she bends to examine or smell lilies in a garden. The garden is probably at The Beeches in Pewee Valley, Kentucky, which was the home of Mary's stepmother, Annie Fellows...
Mary Johnston as Elaine and a boatman in a reenactment of Tennyson's poem, "Lily Maid of Astolat." A handwritten inscription by someone other than the photographer says that the boatman is Kate Matthews, but an article in "The...
A woman dressed as a nun stands in the middle of a tree-lined dirt road in Pewee Valley, Kentucky. Photographer Kate Matthews' signature is on lower right corner of mount. Matthews frequently persuaded relatives and neighbors to pose in tableaux...
A large two-story frame house with a front porch spanning the entire width of the building is partially obscured by large trees. The home, known as The Beeches, was once owned by the Lawtons, who were models for the Walton family in the Little...
Mary Johnston, wearing a light dress, stands among the lilies in a garden. She is probably at The Beeches in Pewee Valley, Kentucky, which was the home of Mary's stepmother, Annie Fellows Johnston, author of the Little Colonel series of children's...
Women; Young adults; Portraits; Fictitious characters
Portrait of Mary Johnston as the character Joyce Ware in the Little Colonel book series. She has long curly hair and a scarf over the shoulder of her dark dress. Mary was the stepdaughter of Annie Fellows Johnston, author of the Little Colonel...
Women; Young adults; Portraits; Fictitious characters
Profile portrait of Mary Johnston as the character of Joyce Ware in the Little Colonel book series. She is dressed in a dark robe or wrap and positioned against a dark background with light reflecting off her long blond hair. Mary Johnston was the...
Mary Johnston, wearing a light dress, holds hand-picked flowers in her arms as she bends to examine or smell lilies in a garden. The garden is probably at The Beeches in Pewee Valley, Kentucky which was the home of Mary's stepmother, Annie Fellows...
Women; Young adults; Portraits; Fictitious characters
Portrait of Mary Johnston as the character Joyce Ware in the Little Colonel book series. She has long curly hair and a scarf over the shoulder of her dark dress. Mary was the stepdaughter of Annie Fellows Johnston, author of the Little Colonel...
A young barefoot girl in a well-worn dress is being consoled by a nun in an oval-shaped image. Kate Matthews frequently persuaded relatives and neighbors to pose in tableaux vivants, or living pictures, based on fairy tales, books, or poems. This...
A young barefoot girl in a well-worn dress is being consoled by a nun. Kate Matthews frequently persuaded relatives and neighbors to pose in tableaux vivants, or living pictures, based on fairytales, books, or poems. This appears to be one of...
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, who were models for the Walton family in the Little Colonel book series....
Women; Young adults; Portraits; Fictitious characters
Profile portrait of Mary Johnston as the character of Joyce Ware in the Little Colonel book series. She is dressed in a dark robe or wrap and positioned against a dark background with light reflecting off her long blond hair. Mary Johnston was the...
Woodblock prints of, clockwise from top left: title page for "American School Series. Butler's Third School Reader. By Noble Butler. Author of Butler's English Grammars, Etc. Louisville, Ky. John P. Morton and Company.", featuring image...
