Smith, Margaret, Photograph Collection, 1900 – 1977
Held by The Filson Historical Society
Creator: Margaret Smith and the Henry R. Heyburn family
Title: The Margaret Smith Photograph Collection, 1900-1977.
Rights: For information regarding literary and copyright interest for these papers, contact the Collections Department.
Size of Collection: 23 photographs
Location Number: 012PC46
Scope and Content Note
The Margaret Smith Photograph Collection contains 23 mixed format images, one known image of Margaret [012PC46.23]. The majority of the collection is compiled of images of Henry R. Heyburn and his family. The Heyburn family images are assembled of family portraits, candid shots of the family and images of Washington, D.C. Also included are several unidentified images of well-dressed African-American men, women, and young girls.
Related collections: Margaret’s other donated materials consist of 18 letters and postcards, 6 diaries, newspaper clippings, some of which she pasted into a scrapbook, miscellaneous paraphernalia on the Heyburn family.
Biographical Note
Margaret Smith was born 11 December 1897 in Georgetown, Kentucky. She was a member of Zion Baptist Church (2200 West Muhammad Ali Boulevard, Louisville, Kentucky), lived and worked in Louisville as a housekeeper for the John G. Heyburn and Henry R. Heyburn family for sixty years. She does not appear to have been married or had any children. She passed away on 6 October 1986.
Photograph List
| Item Number | Title / Date | Description | Format |
| 012PC46.1 | Possibly Margaret Smith / undated | Possibly a portrait of Margaret as an adult. | Gelatin Silver print |
| 012PC46.2 | Possibly Margaret Smith / undated | Image appears to be blown up and colored version of 012PC46.1. Image was mounted to gold hard backing possibly for her funeral. | Mounted image |
| 012PC46.3 | Unidentified African American girl / undated | .3-.5 was all in frame together with “Battle Creek, July 22, 18.” Written on back of frame. | Real photo postcard |
| 012PC46.4 | Unidentified African American woman / undated | .3-.5 was all in frame together with “Battle Creek, July 22, 18.” Written on back of frame. | Real photo postcard |
| 012PC46.5 | Unidentified African American girl / ca. 1900 | .3-.5 was all in frame together with “Battle Creek, July 22, 18.” Written on back of frame. | Real photo postcard |
| 012PC46.6 | Unidentified portrait of woman /ca. 1910-1930 | Possibly Margaret Smith. | Real photo postcard |
| 012PC46.7 | Unidentified African American man / undated | Unidentified man in three-piece pinstriped suit with hat; appears to be posing in studio | Print in mounted frame |
| 012PC46.8 | Two unidentified African American men / undated | Image of two men dressed in suits holding their hats. | Black and White print |
| 012PC46.9 | Mayean Martin / undated | School photograph .10 & .11 appear to be same young girl. | Color print |
| 012PC46.10 | Mayean Martin / undated | School photograph .9 & .11 appear to be same young girl. | Black and White print |
| 012PC46.11 | Mayean Martin / 12 April 1963 | Verso: “Mayean Martin April 12, 1963/ 10 years old.” School photograph .9 & .10 appear to be same young girl.
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Black and White print |
| 012PC46.12 | Henry Rueter Heyburn / undated | Portrait of Heyburn as a young man. Verso: “The negative for this picture is on file. For additional prints, write to Paramount Photo Studio, Box 1, Ridgefield, N.J. Be sure to mention the number shown on this photograph. 9768.” | Black and White print |
| 012PC46.13 | Henry Rueter Heyburn / ca. 1930-1940s | Portrait of Heyburn as a young man in uniform. | Real photo postcard |
| 012PC46.14 | Frances Powell Starks Heyburn and children / ca. 1950-1960s | Image of Mrs. Heyburn and children with dog in front of home. | Gelatin Silver print |
| 012PC46.15 | Frances Powell Starks Heyburn and children / ca. 1950-1960s | Image of Mrs. Heyburn and two of her children in car. | Gelatin Silver print |
| 012PC46.16 | Unidentified African American woman, two of Frances Powell Starks Heyburn’s children and unidentified older Caucasian Woman / ca. 1950-1960s | Two older women, unknown (not Margaret Smith) and likely Martha Reuter Heyburn, and two small boys, likely the Heyburn grandchildren. | Gelatin Silver print
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| 012PC46.17 | Image of the Washington Monument / undated | Image of the Washington Monument in Washington, D.C., possibly taken during trip. | Gelatin Silver print |
| 012PC46.18 | Jefferson Memorial / undated | Jefferson Memorial in Washington, D.C. appears to be taken while in moving vehicle. | Gelatin Silver print |
| 012PC46.19 | Heyburn Family Christmas card / ca. 1950-1960s | Image of Henry and Frances Heyburn with children: Henry Reuter, John Gilpin, Franklin Starks, and Frances Powell posing on front stoop of home. | Image on Christmas card |
| 012PC46.20 | Heyburn Family / ca. 1960s | Image of Henry and Frances Heyburn with children: Henry Reuter, John Gilpin, Franklin Starks, and Frances Powell posing in front of home. | Gelatin Silver print |
| 012PC46.21 | Unidentified group / ca. 1961-1972 | Image of two young men, a young girl and a young boy (possibly Heyburn children).
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Colored print |
| 012PC46.22 | Two unidentified women / undated | Two women in white gowns walking in backyard. Possibly wedding of Frances Starks and Henry Heyburn. Verso: Photograph by Billy Davis (Possibly a Courier-Journal Photographer.) | Gelatin Silver print |
| 012PC46.23
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Heyburn-Pistell Wedding / 13 August 1977 | Heyburn-Pistell Wedding, left to right: Margaret Smith, Frances Powell Starks Heyburn [mother of bride], Frances Powell Heyburn Pistell, and Joe Pistell. | Color Digital Print |
