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Tag: #Wordless Wednesday

Albert B. Cleage, Sr 1883 – 1957

My grandfather, Albert B. Cleage Sr. at home -1935
Posted on November 9, 2011December 3, 2019Categories Cleages, Wordless WednesdayTags #Albert B. Cleage Sr, #Wordless Wednesday

Louise and Ronnie

Louise and Ronnie – Chicago 1941
Posted on November 2, 2011March 5, 2012Categories Wordless WednesdayTags #Louise McCall, #Wordless Wednesday1 Comment on Louise and Ronnie

Unknown Man on Unknown Road

Posted on October 26, 2011December 3, 2019Categories CleagesTags #Athens Tennessee, #Wordless Wednesday2 Comments on Unknown Man on Unknown Road

Mershell C. Graham on the Porch

My grandfather, Mershell C. Graham sitting on the porch railing of his unofficially adopted family’s home in Montgomery, Alabama in the early 1900s. Mary Graham seated in the rocker and her son John Clifton seated on the stairs.

Posted on October 26, 2011July 22, 2024Categories Grahams, Montgomery Alabama, One Place StudyTags #Mershell C. Graham, #Montgomery, #Wordless Wednesday2 Comments on Mershell C. Graham on the Porch

Gamma Lambda Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha

My grandfather, Albert B. Cleage Sr is 5th from the left, top row. Dr. Ames, who I talked about here Births, Deaths,Doctors and Detroit – Part 2- The Doctors & Detroit  in the 1920s is 7th from the left in the 3rd row down.

Gamma Lamda Chapter
Alpha Phi Alpha
Fraternity
Detroit, Mich 1926
Posted on September 28, 2011December 3, 2019Categories CleagesTags #Albert B. Cleage Sr, #Wordless Wednesday5 Comments on Gamma Lambda Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha

Mystery Photograph Identified

Today I received a call from my cousin Jacqui to tell me that the mystery photograph is her mother, Naomi Tulane Vincent with her two oldest children, Hubert and Sylvia Vincent.  Hubert was born in 1923 and Sylvia was born in 1929 so this photo would be from the early 1930s.

Posted on August 26, 2011March 7, 2012Categories Mystery, PhotographsTags #Naomi Tulane Vincent, #Wordless Wednesday2 Comments on Mystery Photograph Identified

Mystery Photo

One of Eliza’s daughters, but which one?  Two of her grandchildren, but who?

To see the answer to these questions click Mystery Photograph Identified.

Posted on August 17, 2011December 3, 2019Categories Allen, Mystery, PhotographsTags #Wordless Wednesday4 Comments on Mystery Photo

My Grandmother Fannie on an outing – Wordless Wednesday

 

Reading left to right
1.  Herman C. King
2. Naomi Tulane (my grandmother’s cousin)
3. A??? Forbes
4.  Alfred Young (?)
5.  Fannie Turner (my grandmother)
6. ??? McDonald
7.  ?? McDonald
???? behind
Holly Springs

Posted on July 27, 2011March 7, 2012Categories Turner, Wordless WednesdayTags #Fannie Turner Graham, #Naomi Tulane Vincent, #Wordless Wednesday6 Comments on My Grandmother Fannie on an outing – Wordless Wednesday

Big Brother Albert B. Cleage Jr

Louis seated, my father Albert standing. 1913 Kalamazoo, Michigan
Posted on June 15, 2011January 6, 2022Categories Wordless WednesdayTags #Albert B. Cleage Jr, #Louis Jacob Cleage, #Wordless Wednesday3 Comments on Big Brother Albert B. Cleage Jr

Happy Birthday Poppy!

Mershell Cunningham Graham 1888 – 1973

Poppy chose to celebrate his birthday on Christmas day because he didn’t know the date he was born.  I don’t remember ever celebrating his birthday, but I don’t remember celebrations for any of my grandparents birthdays.

Posted on December 15, 2010June 24, 2022Categories Advent CalendarTags #Mershell C. Graham, #Wordless Wednesday

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