The Robert B. Walz Collection
Early Photographs of Columbia County Communities
(Philadelphia, Pleasant Grove, Sharman, Spottisville, Taylor, Union Chapel, Village, Western Community, Miscellaneous Photos of Early Columbia County)
- PHILADELPHIA
- Singing School at Philadelphia Church, Columbia County, Arkansas, in 1912. Seated: Brudge Houck, Joy Houck, Floyd Elmore (Willis), Annis Campbell (Maness), Delmer Snider, and Dan Bass. Second row, from left: Mallie Grant, Birdie Mae Grant, Harvey Spain, the teacher; Mr. Hendrix, the pianist; George Baker, Gene Camp. Third row, from left: Elna Dodson (Wiley), Grace Dodson (Maness), Merrell Phillips, W. O. Elmore, Dean Grant, Velma Grant, and Alice Camp (Dodson). Top row, from left: Roll Dodson, Annie Gray (Aldridge), Will Hickman, and Frank Elmore. At left window is Mrs. Jenny Sanders (Sid McMath's grandmother), in right window is Vester Elmore. Photo and identification are from Mr. and Mrs. W. O. Elmore. Enlargement by Robert Walz.
PHILADELPHIA
- A shingle mill in the Philadelphia Community, c. 1910. Lower, from left: ? Woodard, Levi Pearce, and James Franklin Pearce, holding Mary Josephine Pearce (Burdine). Above, from left: Oscar Aaron Pearce, and Will Aldridge. Photograph courtesy of Mrs. Julius Elmore.
