Though this image, copied from an original, is less pixelated than the first I posted, I still have not identified the young African-American man who posed in Francis Winstead’s downtown Wilson studio.
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Snaps, no. 9: Mr. DeShon’s driver.
This photograph depicts James P. “Jake” DeShon and his driver, whose name is unknown, at a construction site believed to be in Wilson County. The automobile’s license tag reads: “Wilson N.C. 2315.” DeShon lived in Raleigh, and it is likely that the driver was provided for his convenience during his business visit. The car appears to a Model A Ford from the late 1920s or early 1930s. DeShon died in 1933. Does anyone recognize the driver?
Photograph courtesy of Cathy Torbert Dent.