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The Simpkins Family

Collection: This image is from the Gladys Weaver Oral History and is depicted in a digital image.
Date: circa 1950; 1950 Material: digital image Dimension: 10 x 8 (inches); 400 dpi (digital image)
Creator: Gladys Weaver Identifier: aql:16104 weaver_gladys_image2 weaver_gladys_image2.tif

Description: Jerry Lee Simpkins, Hardy Simpkins Sr., and their children are dressed up in preparation for a celebration of an anniversary at the Mt. Zion Baptist Church in Jamaica. They would perform together at the church. Sitting from the bottom left is Fannie Mae Simpkins and Willa Mae Simpkins. Standing from the left to right is Eleanora Lark, Hardy Simpkins Sr. and Jerry Lee Simpkins. The little boy in the middle is Ulysses Simpkins.

Collection : aql:20455; aql:16083

Creator : Gladys Weaver

Date : circa 1950; 1950

Summary/Description : Jerry Lee Simpkins, Hardy Simpkins Sr., and their children are dressed up in preparation for a celebration of an anniversary at the Mt. Zion Baptist Church in Jamaica. They would perform together at the church. Sitting from the bottom left is Fannie Mae Simpkins and Willa Mae Simpkins. Standing from the left to right is Eleanora Lark, Hardy Simpkins Sr. and Jerry Lee Simpkins. The little boy in the middle is Ulysses Simpkins.

Subject : Portraits, Group; Simpkins, Jerry Lee; Simpkins, Hardy, Sr.; Simpkins, Fannie Mae; Simpkins, Willa Mae; Lark, Eleanora; Simpkins, Ulysses; Mt. Zion Baptist Church (Jamaica, New York, N.Y.)

Rights : Contact the Archives at Queens Library (718-990-0770) for research and reproduction requests.

Coverage : Jamaica, NY Jamaica (New York, N.Y.) Queens (New York, N.Y.)

Type : digital image

Format : digital image; 10 x 8 (inches); 400 dpi (digital image)

Identifier : aql:16104 weaver_gladys_image2 weaver_gladys_image2.tif

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Subject:
Portraits, Group; Simpkins, Jerry Lee; Simpkins, Hardy, Sr.; Simpkins, Fannie Mae; Simpkins, Willa Mae; Lark, Eleanora; Simpkins, Ulysses; Mt. Zion Baptist Church (Jamaica, New York, N.Y.)
Rights Notice
Contact the Archives at Queens Library (718-990-0770) for research and reproduction requests.


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