Rebecca Slack and John Hendrix with Emery S. Slack

Rebecca Slack and John Hendrix with Emery S. Slack

Automobiles

Children

Families

Rebecca Slack is receiving help from her father Emery S. Slack with her first cousin, John Hendrix, at her side both on an automobile with a 1948 license plate. This photograph, taken in Asheville, North Carolina, 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 Mrs. Slack. Emery S. and Vivian Slack owned clothing stores in Asheville, Canton, and Waynesville. George Dexter Sherrill (1879–1931) opened the first photography studio in Haywood County in downtown Waynesville in 1902. In 1917, Beulah Eloise Ashe Ensley (1899-1991) married Ralph Ensley (1894-1975), Sherrill’s nephew, and began an apprenticeship with Sherrill. After Sherrill’s death, Beulah and Ralph kept the studio open under Sherrill’s name. Ralph died in 1975 and Beulah operated the studio until the early 80s.

Sherrill's Photography Studio

Sherrill Studio Photo Collection

1948

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StillImage

65674

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Asheville (N.C.)

Buncombe County (N.C.)

5" x 3"(dimension)

Picturing Appalachia