Bellhouse place
-
Reinfried Armstrong Romanes (April 4, 1896-1978), more often known as R. A. Romanes or simply as Romanes, was born and raised in Europe. In 1919, he emigrated to America and, through family and political connections, settled in Alto, Georgia, where he remained for the rest of his life. It wasn’t until 1925 that Romanes became interested in photography, but after that time, photography became his passion. He made pictures of farming families in and around his adopted hometown in northeast Georgia and took landscape shots in Georgia, South Carolina, and western North Carolina. Most of the photographs in this collection were made in the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s and many are labeled as to where they were taken.
-
- Creator
- Format
- Type
-
Date
- Date original: 1936-05-19
- Date digitized: 2018-05-22
-
Extent
- Dimension: 5.5" x 8"
- Subject - Topic
- Time Period
- Location
- Source institution
- Source Collection
-
Identifier
- HL_MSS90_03_06_031_03
-
Repository
- Western Carolina University Hunter Library
Related items
-
link
WCU - Picturing Appalachia Picturing Appalachia Picturing Appalachia
A. C. Morgan orchard, sold 1938
1937
-
link
WCU - Picturing Appalachia Picturing Appalachia Picturing Appalachia
Otis Simmons
-
link
WCU - Picturing Appalachia Picturing Appalachia Picturing Appalachia
Reverend Garner's farm on Pea Ridge, Georgia...
1939-06-08
-
link
WCU - Picturing Appalachia Picturing Appalachia Picturing Appalachia
Winn Shoals Bottom
1935
-
link
WCU - Picturing Appalachia Picturing Appalachia Picturing Appalachia
Tom Bellhouse home, Alto, Georgia
1936-05
-
link
WCU - Picturing Appalachia Picturing Appalachia Picturing Appalachia
View from Clement Cornwall's shed
1937-05-26
-
link
WCU - Picturing Appalachia Picturing Appalachia Picturing Appalachia
Leroy Masters (L) and Otis Simmons
1941-08
-
link
WCU - Picturing Appalachia Picturing Appalachia Picturing Appalachia
Wildey Payne, Henry Payne's mother
1937-08-26
-
link
WCU - Picturing Appalachia Picturing Appalachia Picturing Appalachia
Albert Blalock with oxen pulling wagon
-
link
WCU - Picturing Appalachia Picturing Appalachia Picturing Appalachia
Lathan King with mule Jack
1939-08-30
-
link
WCU - Picturing Appalachia Picturing Appalachia Picturing Appalachia
Raymond Chosewood with mule Jack
1939-08-30
-
link
WCU - Picturing Appalachia Picturing Appalachia Picturing Appalachia
Leroy Masters (L) and Otis Simmons with watermelon
1941
-
link
WCU - Picturing Appalachia Picturing Appalachia Picturing Appalachia
Leroy Masters (L) and Otis Simmons with watermelon
1940
-
link
WCU - Picturing Appalachia Picturing Appalachia Picturing Appalachia
Yearwood place, Perkins Farm, near Toccoa, Georgia
1935
-
link
WCU - Picturing Appalachia Picturing Appalachia Picturing Appalachia
Clement Cornwall house, Alto, Georgia
1939-05-22
-
link
WCU - Picturing Appalachia Picturing Appalachia Picturing Appalachia
Panther Creek homes, family in doorway
1935
-
link
WCU - Picturing Appalachia Picturing Appalachia Picturing Appalachia
Georgia Tuberculosis Sanatorium under construction
1939-05-02
-
link
WCU - Picturing Appalachia Picturing Appalachia Picturing Appalachia
Andrew Wade with peaches
1938
-
link
WCU - Picturing Appalachia Picturing Appalachia Picturing Appalachia
Sherman Wade and boy pouring water
1941-06-21
-
link
WCU - Picturing Appalachia Picturing Appalachia Picturing Appalachia
Sherman Wade drinking water and Leroy Masters
1940-06-20
-
link
WCU - Picturing Appalachia Picturing Appalachia Picturing Appalachia
Lathan King (L) and Leroy Masters with watermelon
1941
-
link
UNCA - Forestry in Western North... Forestry in Western... Forestry in Western North...
Family members before working on farm
-
link
WCU - Picturing Appalachia Picturing Appalachia Picturing Appalachia
Tom Chosewood (R) and Hollis Tankersley plowing
1940
-
link
WCU - Picturing Appalachia Picturing Appalachia Picturing Appalachia
Sherman Wade sharpening the cradle blade
1939-06-19
-
link
WCU - Picturing Appalachia Picturing Appalachia Picturing Appalachia
Grace (L) and Mildred Chosewood with baby chicks
-
link
WCU - Picturing Appalachia Picturing Appalachia Picturing Appalachia
Susie Ritchie's home, Cornelia, Demorest Highway
1936
-
link
WCU - Picturing Appalachia Picturing Appalachia Picturing Appalachia
Straight orchard growing Yates apples in Demorest,...
1938-04
-
link
WCU - Picturing Appalachia Picturing Appalachia Picturing Appalachia
L. Y. Irvin's house, Cornelia, Georgia
1936-10
-
link
WCU - Picturing Appalachia Picturing Appalachia Picturing Appalachia
Sherman Wade drinking water in the field
1940-06-13
-
link
WCU - Picturing Appalachia Picturing Appalachia Picturing Appalachia
Resettlement area Habersham County, Georgia
1934-10-09
-
link
WCU - Picturing Appalachia Picturing Appalachia Picturing Appalachia
Cub Ferguson selling peaches
1937-07-26
-
link
WCU - Picturing Appalachia Picturing Appalachia Picturing Appalachia
Sherman Wade
1954
Part of Collection
Picturing Appalachia
This digital collection brings together several notable photographic collections that depict the landscape and people of western North Carolina in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Notable...
-
Part of Collection
Picturing Appalachia
This digital collection brings together several notable photographic collections that depict the landscape and people of western North Carolina in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Notable...
-
link
WCU - Picturing Appalachia Picturing Appalachia Picturing Appalachia
Portrait of Alan M. Anderson in uniform
1958-1965
-
link
WCU - Picturing Appalachia Picturing Appalachia Picturing Appalachia
Swain County High School Class Trip to Washington...
1963
-
link
WCU - Picturing Appalachia Picturing Appalachia Picturing Appalachia
Four adults walking down road
-
link
WCU - Picturing Appalachia Picturing Appalachia Picturing Appalachia
Portrait of man
-
link
WCU - Picturing Appalachia Picturing Appalachia Picturing Appalachia
Automobile in front of small structure
-
link
WCU - Picturing Appalachia Picturing Appalachia Picturing Appalachia
Bear cub next to car
-
link
WCU - Picturing Appalachia Picturing Appalachia Picturing Appalachia
Portrait of woman with children
-
link
WCU - Picturing Appalachia Picturing Appalachia Picturing Appalachia
Mountain Scenery: The Scenery of the Mountains of...
1859
-
link
WCU - Picturing Appalachia Picturing Appalachia Picturing Appalachia
Old man at anvil (gem maker)
-
link
WCU - Picturing Appalachia Picturing Appalachia Picturing Appalachia
Portrait of women and children in front of house
-
link
WCU - Picturing Appalachia Picturing Appalachia Picturing Appalachia
View towards Cashiers Valley from Highlands
1937
-
link
WCU - Picturing Appalachia Picturing Appalachia Picturing Appalachia
Portrait: couple
-
link
WCU - Picturing Appalachia Picturing Appalachia Picturing Appalachia
Toddler wearing bonnett
-
link
WCU - Picturing Appalachia Picturing Appalachia Picturing Appalachia
Friends on automobile
1961-05
-
link
WCU - Picturing Appalachia Picturing Appalachia Picturing Appalachia
Guide Book to Western North Carolina
1890
-
link
WCU - Picturing Appalachia Picturing Appalachia Picturing Appalachia
Bennett's drug store window display for Lindbergh
1927
-
link
WCU - Picturing Appalachia Picturing Appalachia Picturing Appalachia
Sweetwater school children
-
link
WCU - Picturing Appalachia Picturing Appalachia Picturing Appalachia
Sherman Wade (R) and Tina Garrison harvesting...
1940-06-21
-
link
WCU - Picturing Appalachia Picturing Appalachia Picturing Appalachia
View of mill from edge of road
1924-11-05
-
link
WCU - Picturing Appalachia Picturing Appalachia Picturing Appalachia
Kelly Bennett with two men on a trail
-
link
WCU - Picturing Appalachia Picturing Appalachia Picturing Appalachia
Old Cornelia high school building
1936-10-23
-
link
WCU - Picturing Appalachia Picturing Appalachia Picturing Appalachia
Two men collecting water
-
link
WCU - Picturing Appalachia Picturing Appalachia Picturing Appalachia
Aquone
-
link
WCU - Picturing Appalachia Picturing Appalachia Picturing Appalachia
Bottomland
-
link
WCU - Picturing Appalachia Picturing Appalachia Picturing Appalachia
Portrait of family with automobile
1949
-
link
WCU - Picturing Appalachia Picturing Appalachia Picturing Appalachia
Portrait of child
1963-1964
-
link
WCU - Picturing Appalachia Picturing Appalachia Picturing Appalachia
Kelly and Tela Bennett home in snow
-
link
WCU - Picturing Appalachia Picturing Appalachia Picturing Appalachia
Portrait of man in military uniform and woman
1948-1949
-
link
WCU - Picturing Appalachia Picturing Appalachia Picturing Appalachia
Hill and Dessie Coffey
1941-04-11
-
link
WCU - Picturing Appalachia Picturing Appalachia Picturing Appalachia
Currahee Mountain, Toccoa, Georgia
-
link
WCU - Picturing Appalachia Picturing Appalachia Picturing Appalachia
Portrait of child on tricycle
-
link
WCU - Picturing Appalachia Picturing Appalachia Picturing Appalachia
Boy in field
Share via |