L. W. Hawkins and toddler son James holding chickens

L. W. Hawkins and toddler son James holding chickens

Chickens

Men

Portraits, Group

Toddlers -- Portraits

This photograph, taken March 1922, is from film that was brought to Sherrill's Studio for developing, but the prints were never picked up. The name written on the unclaimed envelope is James Hawkins. George Dexter Sherrill (1879-1931) opened the first photography studio in Haywood County on Depot Street in downtown Waynesville in 1902. In 1906 his studio became the first Eastman Kodak franchise west of Asheville and the third in North Carolina. Sherrill's photography roots began in Jackson County where he learned the art from his brother-in-law, A. L. Ensley. Beulah Eloise Ashe Ensley (1899-1991) apprenticed with Sherrill in 1917 and worked in the studio with her husband, Sherrill's nephew, Ralph Ensley (1894-1975) until Ralph's death. The Ensley's demolished the original studio in 1943, dug the site to street level, and built an International style building.

Sherrill's Photography Studio

Sherrill Studio Photo Collection

1922-03

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negatives (photographs)

portraits

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StillImage

63794

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5" x 3"(dimension)

Picturing Appalachia