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Ronald Medford to Sherrill's Studio, September 17, 1947, page 1

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  • Cumming Ga Sept. 17, 1947 Dear Friend, Just a few lines in regards of my pictures that I left up there to be fixed. One to be en- larged was $3.00 and the other one was 15 cents and it was to be reprinted I am not in shape to send for the
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  • This letter was inside an envelope containing negatives and prints from film that was brought to Sherrill’s Studio for developing, but was never picked up. The name written on the unclaimed envelope is Ronald Medford. 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.