Photographs from the Gavin House

Can you identify the people or places in any of these photographs found in the Gavin-Huff House? Please contact Debora or Terry if you are able to identify any of these people or places. Thank you.


Fig. 1 Young Man


Fig. 2 Brick Church


Fig. 3 Building


Fig. 4 Church Group


Fig. 5 Unknown group


Fig. 6 Unknown group in carriage


Fig. 7 Unknown riding mules


Fig. 8 Unknown church


Fig. 9 Unknown man and child with goats


Fig. 10 Unknown child on tricycle


Fig. 11 Unknown duo riding cow


Fig. 12 Unknown woman


Fig. 13 Unknown Child with bicycle Photograph by W.E. Sigler


Fig. 14 Unknown Children with dog W.A. Harrison, Shubuta, MS.


Fig. 15 Unknown telegrapher Hillsdale, Mich.

You can see more of the old photographs found in the Gavin House by exploring these galleries:







Copyright © 2009 by The Quitman Villager. All rights reserved. Credits: The old photographs shown on this page are from the Gavin-Huff House in Quitman, Mississippi, which was purchased by Historical Clarke County, a nonprofit corporation working to preserve the Gavin House and create a museum. These photographs were among the items found inside the Gavin House and date back to the mid 1800s to early 1900s.