Thad Tucker with a group of maids

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Repository

LaBudde Special Collections

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Description

An group of six African American women in uniform, on the Marland Estate exterior in Ponca City, Oklahoma, stand in a semi-circle around Thad Tucker, a cook for the Marland family, crouched on the ground holding a cigarette. The women include, left to right, Mayme, Etta, Cornelia, Ethel, Viola, and Lizzie. The women all wear light dresses and either a lace headband or a white cap.

Member of

Dolores Hobley Collection

Language English

Date Published

1921

1930

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Subject, Old

African American women

Native American men

Women household employees

Cooks

Uniforms

Time Period

1921-1930

Subject (Geographic)

Marland Estate (Ponca City, Okla.)

Subject (Geographic, LCSH)

Marland Estate (Ponca City, Okla.)

Notes

No date; likely circa 1928, Related range: P89-112; handwritten on back: "Florence 1 / Thad 2 / Mamie 2", Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

Extent Of Original

1 photograph : black and white print ; 7 x 12 cm

Filename

umkc_lsc_hobley_photo-092.tif

Genres

Gelatin silver prints

Black & white photographs

Group portraits

Snapshots

Type

photographs