Photo of The Month – Sep 2006

Foremothers

Picture contributor: Dena Watkins Chandler

An outdoor setting in sepia. A gathering of twenty-four ladies, along with the pastor and a young girl. The ladies all wear floor-length dresses. — Foremothers

The handwritten description identifies the group as “W. M. U. Circle #2, Rev. Chas. H. Stevens, Pastor; Mrs. Watkins, Chm.” Elsewhere on the photo is the label “Home Department of the Baptist S. S., Cliffside, N. C.” “Mrs. Watkins” is Ida (Mrs. R. B.) Watkins, the fourth lady from the right in the front row. The date is June 19, 1924. Rev. Stevens was pastor at Cliffside Baptist from 1923 to 1925. The handwriting is Mrs. Watkins’.

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