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Perry Gibson to Mrs. W. S. Gibson, August 9, 1915

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  • Sunburst August 9, 1915 Hellow many will drop you a fiew lines to let you know that I am well and hope you the same from your dear son Perry Gibson Mrs. W S Gibson Canton, N. C. R. #2 Box 80
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  • This postcard is from film that was brought to Sherrill’s Studio for developing, but the prints were never picked up. The name written on the unclaimed envelope is Louise O'Neil. George Dexter Sherrill (1879–1931) opened the first photography studio in Haywood County on Depot Street in downtown Waynesville in 1902. In 1906 his studio became the first Eastman Kodak franchise west of Asheville and the third in North Carolina. Sherrill’s photography roots began in Jackson County where he learned the art from his brother-in-law, A. L. Ensley. Beulah Eloise Ashe Ensley (1899-1991) apprenticed with Sherrill in 1917 and worked in the studio with her husband, Sherrill’s nephew, Ralph Ensley (1894-1975) until Ralph’s death. The Ensley’s demolished the original studio in 1943, dug the site to street level, and built an International style building.