A woman wearing a costume and holding a small dagger is stooped slightly as if "ready to strike." The woman is believed to be Helen Gifford, a resident of Pewee Valley, Kentucky. Kate Matthews frequently persuaded relatives and neighbors...
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, wearing a light spring dress with matching hat and heels, is holding a flower up as if to show it to a bird in a birdcage. The birdcage is hanging from a large tree on the lawn of Twigmore. Elizabeth is daintily holding her...
Young woman in an antebellum dress and bonnet is picking flowers outside the open windows of a home. On the oval print's lower right border is photographer Kate Matthews' signature and also in her handwriting "June, 1860". Given that...
Picture of a framed, tinted print of a little girl in Dresden shepherdess attire seated on cast-iron bench in a garden. The girl is holding a hoop and stick. Kate Matthews frequently persuaded relatives and neighbors to pose in tableaux vivants, or...
A young girl, with braids in her hair, stands facing a blackboard, apparently thinking about her next answer. Written on the blackboard are: "Cat," "rat," and an addition problem. Kate Matthews frequently persuaded relatives and...
A woman in a plaid skirt and velvet jacket is entering the door of a frame cabin or house. Ivy covers the steps and walkway and Wisteria blooms over the door. Kate Matthews wrote "Sallie, 1860" on an album page with another print of this...
Sheep rest under trees on the farm at Twigmore, an estate in Pewee Valley, Kentucky that was owned by Lillian Fletcher, niece of photographer Kate Matthews. Title and date based on caption added to copy negative at the time it was made. Title...
Based on note made when this image was acquired, it is believed to be Amelia Weissinger Cochran. She was the mother of Hattie Cochran, the real-life model for the title character in Annie Fellows Johnston's series of Little Colonel books. Title...
Mary Johnston, wearing a light dress and hat and holding flowers and a small parasol, poses on the front walk at Clovercroft, Kate Matthews family home in Pewee Valley Kentucky. Kate Matthews frequently persuaded relatives and neighbors to pose in...
In "The Little Colonel's Knight Comes Riding" (1907), Katie Marks photographs Lloyd Sherman, Leland Harcourt, and other characters posing in a series of pictures based on Robert Browning's "Garden Fancies." Although not...
Elizabeth Fletcher, the photographer's niece, in the garden area at Twigmore. Kate Matthews frequently persuaded relatives and neighbors to pose in tableaux vivants, or living pictures, based on fairy tales, books, or poems. This may be one of...
A young man holds a lamb up on a rail fence as a woman standing on the other side wraps the lamb's foot with a bandage. Another Kate Matthews photograph with this same woman carrying the lamb was published in 1897 with the title "Bringing Home...
Two young women in costumes pose in a garden. One wears a red tunic and is standing by a sundial. The other, in a dark hat and dress, is sitting by a little pond and is about to pick a lily to add to the flowers in her basket. Kate Matthews...
Two young women dressed in costumes are on a walkway in a garden. Kate Matthews frequently persuaded relatives and neighbors to pose in tableaux vivants, or living pictures, based on fairy tales, books, or poems. This appears to be one of those...
A young man and woman are sitting on a bench, holding hands and perhaps considering a kiss as a young woman dressed as a nun stands nearby and looks as if she is going to interrupt them. Kate Matthews frequently persuaded relatives and neighbors to...
A young woman in an antebellum dress sits with a young man on a garden bench. Kate Matthews frequently persuaded relatives and neighbors to pose in tableaux vivants, or living pictures, based on fairy tales, books, or poems. This appears to be one...
Young woman wearing an antebellum dress is sitting on a bench in a garden. Kate Matthews frequently persuaded relatives and neighbors to pose in tableaux vivants, or living pictures, based on fairy tales, books, or poems. This appears to be one of...
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...
A young boy wearing overalls and a striped shirt sits on a stool near a table. There is food on the table and a cuckoo clock over the boy's head. Kate Matthews frequently persuaded relatives and neighbors to pose in tableaux vivants, or living...
