portrait photograph on paper, in a cardstock holder. Handwritten on the folder: "Don James Jr." However, a relatively modern slip of paper in the folder says "Donaldson James, May 3, 1882 - 1964, partner in Smith & James." It is unclear whether this is Don James Sr. or Don James Jr.
Collection of photographs of Ann Lanford's family including herself, father Dr. Marion Layton Lanford, mother Earline Cunningham Lanford, brother Marion Earl Lanford, grandmother Leila Westmoreland Cunningham, and Ann's best friend, Dot Kendrick.
Color photograph on paper; picture of directors of First National Bank of Greer (1951). Left to right: Fred Crow; Omar Jones; Bob Williams; Bill Richardson; Dan Davenport; Marion Lanford; Roy Collins, Sr.; Lloyd Hunt; J. V. Smith.
Metal frame identification badge. Round. Opening for photograph is round on the top three-quarters, flat on the bottom. Inside, thick clear plastic in front of blue paper, reads "VICTOR PLANT" with large number 1824. Superimposed, small photograph of an unidentified young black man. Surrounding the opening reads "VICTOR MONAGHAN COMPANY". Badge is sealed with a small rivet, marked "VM" on the face. Obverse, pin back. Silver paint, more than 50% rusted. Incorrect accession number marked on back.
Wood barrel. 21 slats of varying width. Iron bands top and bottom, held in place with nails bent inside. Iron ring 6.5” down from the top. Missing ring evident from stains about 6.5” up from the bottom. Wooden lid stenciled “C. M. PONDER, GREER,S.C.” No bottom lid. Ponder’s Ice Cream Company was started in 1905 and became a staple of the Greer downtown for decades.
Note by C. Don Walls on the original gift form: "Victor Elementary School was built in 1905 for the children living in the Victor mill village. In 1923 the school burned and the feeling was that the cause was due to a faulty furnace. Woodrow Phillips who lives on 18th St. said that he was in the 1st grade when the school burned. The principal was Miss Frances Wideman. There were grades 1-7. He also said that the back of the school was located in the back yard of the house where he now lives."
This cast-iron watering trough stood on Randall Street in Greer, SC, in 1916 when it was a dirt road. In 1923 the street was paved, and Officer Charles F. "Uncle Charlie" Liverett moved it to his home. Officer Liverett served in the Greer Police Department, which was located on Randall Street with the fire department and city hall.
See images from the 1902 Clow catalog (in the Library of Congress) for a similar trough; the base is shaped slightly differently, but otherwise similar in all respects.
