Record #:

44110

Author(s):

Fleming, Monika

Abstract:

The earliest photographer on record for Edgecombe County is M.M. Mallon in 1860. Regarding local resident women photographers, Lena Pennington Martin produced notable images of Tarboro people and places in ten 1890s as did Lota Leigh Draughon for the community of Fishing Creek. Most prominent at the turn of the 20th century was S.R. Alley, who produced the first news type photos for the area. Most prolific of Edgecombe photographers was M.S. :Coca-Cola" Brown, working from the 1910s through the 1950s.

Source:

Welcome to Tarboro & Homes Magazine (F 264 T3 W4), Vol. Issue , June 2024, p19-20, il, por Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Photographers--Edgecombe County--History; Brown, M.S. (Tarboro-photographer)