JAMES COLUMBUS AND EMILY HILL CREECH Photograph Sets Identification List

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James Columbus and Emily Hill Creech Photograph Sets Identification List
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JAMES COLUMBUS AND EMILY HILL CREECH Photograph Sets Identification List

(Left to right) Frank Cornett, Columbus Creech, [unknown], and Emily Hill at foot of large poplar tree. [X_100_workers_2539.jpg]

TAGS: James Columbus, Emily Hill Creech, family photographs, weddings, Jack’s Gap, Old Log, picnics, Ethel de Long, Pine Mountain Settlement School, Callahan family, Viper KY, Hazard KY, Katherine Pettit, Kentucky Reformation, Marguerite Butler Bidstrup, McIntyre (McIntire) family, Kentucky State Reformatory, Rev. Roland F. Pinke, Chloe Smith Bunch, Green Bailey Gross, Boys House

TRANSCRIPTION: JAMES COLUMBUS AND EMILY HILL CREECH Photograph Sets Identification List

[NOTE: The original list consists of 22 handwritten pages (images 001 – 462). For links to images of the photos listed here and additional material go to

JAMES COLUMBUS CREECH Family Collections Guide

The transcribed text below has been slightly edited for clarity. The lists are in the order of the filenames of the images. For example, “creech_columbus_photolist_001” is the filename of the first image and is the first transcribed list. Identification was completed at the time of donation and is speculative.

Quotation marks indicate the text as it appears on the original ID list. Brackets indicate editor’s additions. Question marks in brackets [?] indicate that the handwritten text was not quite decipherable. Question marks in quotes “?” or [unknown] indicate that the images were unidentified on original Identification List. Click on the header of each list (“PHOTOLIST xxx-xxx”) to go to the page with the respective images.

PHOTOLIST 001-099

IMAGES OF ID PAGES:
001 – 020-051
002 – 051a-084
003 – 085-097
004 – 001aaa-019
005 – 098-120

PHOTOGRAPHS:
001aaa “? (2) large & small”
001aa “Oct 19th 1929”
002 “363” MISSING IMAGE
002a “Sunday Oct 6th 1929”
002b “Sunday Oct 6th 1929 on Picnic Cascade Colo[?].” MISSING IMAGE
003 ”Taken Oct 6th 1929 – Picnicking with friends Sunday – she was laughing – The sun was in her eyes” MISSING IMAGE
003a “Sunday Oct 6th 1929 on Picnic Cascade Colo[?]. The sun was in baby’s eyes.”
003aa “? 63”
004 ”363”
005 ”Tuesday Oct 8th, 1929 642”
005a ”? 363”
006 [unknown]
007 ”?”
007a ”? Oct 19, 1929”
008 ”Emily”
009 ”Just like Troy”
010 ”Oct 19 1929”
BREAK – NO PICTURES
018 ”? 045”
019 ”? 845”
020 – 028 [unknown]
029 ”Chloe [Smith] Bunch – Hayes Bunch Wedding”
030 ”Chloe [Smith[ Bunch – [Hayes-]Bunch wedding”
031 ”?”
032 ”The Day of Play [Pageant] at Jack’s Gap – Enoch took this of Bonnie”
033 ”?”
034 – 035 [unknown]
036 – Green Bailey Gross”
036a ”Green Bailey Gross” MISSING IMAGE
037 – 038 [unknown] MISSING IMAGES
039 ”Good – Play [Pageant] at Jack’s Gap”
040 ”?”
041 [unknown]
042 ”R B G” [Ruth B. Gaines?]
043 [unknown] MISSING IMAGE
044 -045 ”?”
046 ”Jacks Gap”
047 ”?”
048 ”Mat C. in middle”
049 – 051 [unknown]
051a [unknown] MISSING IMAGE
052 ”845”
053 – 054 [unknown] MISSING IMAGE 053]
055 “845” [unknown]
056 “139” [unknown]
057 ”Old Log – Pine Mtn Settlement School”
058 ”Old Log – Pine Mtn School”
059 “I have come to see you folks”
060 ”Aunt Sally Creech ??”
061 – 065 [unknown]
066 ”Lollar’s B.ham Ala” [Photography Studio in Birmingham, Alabama – Nanni [?] Ala [?]
067 [unknown]
068 ”? 347G”
069 [unknown]
070 – 086 [unknown]
087 ”? EH”
088 ”? 10”
089 ”? 363”
090 – 092 ”?”
093 ”Tuesday Oct 9th 1929”
094, 094a, 095aaa, 096 ”?”
097 [unknown]
098 ”?” [tintype of woman and child]
099 ”Junior & Marguerite taken last winter, Love Ninnie”

PHOTO LIST 100-199

IMAGES OF ID PAGES:
005 – 098-120
006 – 121-150
007 – 151-180
008 – 181-204

PHOTOGRAPHS:
100 “Junior Marguerite Mabel Ruby”
101 “?”
102 “Richard Lee Hill”
103 “Taken in Oct 1935 shortly before you came to Chicago. This is the bridge you crossed on the walk we took to lake, remember[?]”
104 “… Campbell sitting on the left, Enoch Surmon Warren”
105 “?”
106 “?” [DUPLICATE OF 108]
107 “Dixie Flyer” [Troy Hill ?]
108 “?” [Troy Hill ? – Emily Hill’s brother.]
109 “Dad Crutchfield and sons Hazard, Ky. – Hot Springs Ark.”
110 – 111 “?”
112 “Suz here & Arlema picture”
113 “?”
114 “?” [Emily Hill second from left.]
115 “?”
116 “Amelia Blanche Bird, Nevisdale Ky”
117 – 119 “?”
120 “Emily’s bro[ther], Troy Hill – [married] Inez Carter”
121 “Take care of this. Troy Hill, Emily’s Brother – Bone-Dry in Hot Springs, nothing left but the old well”
122 “Nov 10, 1929 – John McClellan [b.1899- d.1968], Monticello Ky”
123 “John McClellan” [Monticello, Ky]
124 – 125 “?”
126 “?” [John McClellan ?]
127 – 143 “?”
144 “Jo —“
145 – 149 “?”
150 “Bee Keeper”
151 “Lollar’s B’ham, ALA.”
152 “Lollar’s Birmingham Photo Studio – Jul 23, 1931”
153 “Taken in Brooklyn – To Mother with Love – Audrey Cornett (Emily’s niece Audrey McIntire Cornett or Mary Hill’s daughter)”
154 “Brent, Jack Walker, Virgil. Taken while Betty was home.”
155 “?”
156 “?” [Tintype]
157 “Ethel de Long [Zande] & Berto ?”
158 “[Elena] Zande ?”
159 – 162 “?”
163 “Glyn Au[stin] – Pete” [Turner ?]
164 [Glyn Austin – Pete – Pete’s mother ?]
165 “? Not Linda McIntyre – Mohr Photo Service”
166 “?”
167 “?” [Clinton Hill ?]
168 “Pearlie Blanton” [and Emily Hill to rt. ?]
169 “John Cornett”
170 “Vernia Campbell (Viper, Perry Co.) – Emma Jane Hill [Emily Hill] (Jeff, Perry Co., KY)”
171 “?”
172 “Audrey McIntyre Lollar’s B’ham ALA”
173 “Danny Sept 5 64 – Danny Estvanik – Peggy” [Peggy McIntyre’s husband]
174 “?”
175 “Audrey McIntyre, Jack Cornett”
176 “Emily Hill Creech”
177 “Jack Cornett, Christmas Day 1960”
178 “Mac & Jack – Emily – Buster McIntyre & Jack Cornett”
179 4525
180 “Clint Hill” [Clinton Hill]
181 – 194 “?”
195 – 196 “DELETE”
197 “This is my two babies Love to you both, Sis Peggy. P.S. Look at Danny’s nice dark hair. Danny & Johnny Estavanik, May, 1946″
198 “Mac McIntyre”
199 “?”

PHOTOLIST 200-299

IMAGES OF ID PAGES:
008 – 181-204
009 – 205-230
010 – 231-242b
011 – 243-268
012 – 269-272
013 – 273-297
014 – 298-300

PHOTOGRAPHS:
200 “Peggy & Johnny Estavanik“
201 “Mac McIntyre”
202 “Billie & Mac”
203 “Billie McIntyre”
204 “Mac McIntyre”
205 “?“
206 “Peggy McIntyre“
207 – 208 “?“
209 – 210 “?“ [Audrey McIntire]
211 “Pine Mountain – Elevation 2600 ft“
212 – 213 “?“ [Audrey]
214 “Peggy McIntyre & Johnny Estavanik“
215 “Mac & Billie McIntyre – Venetian Way“
216 “Peggy McIntyre & Johnny Estavanik“
217 – 220 “?“
221 “?“ [Audrey]
222 – 224 “?“
225 “Linda McIntyre (Mac & Billie’s daughter)“
226 – 227 “?“
228a “Given to Mary Jones“
228b “Given to Clinton Bill – Duplicate“ MISSING
229 “1-12 702A M.O.3.C“
230
231, 232, 233 “BREAK“ – IMAGE #233 IS MISSING
234 – 238 “?“
239 “Miss Combs – Watson“
240, 241a, 241b, 242A, 242b ? IMAGES #241b & #242b ARE MISSING
243 – 246 “?“
247 “? 442“
248 “?“
249 “Grandpa Walker“
250 – 254 “?“
255 “HSeurn[(?] H88 up left: H. McIntyre, Greenfield’s Arttone Studio, Central Ave Cinti. O.“
256 “Miss J. Emmie [Emily] Hill, Pine Mtn. Ky. When this you see, think of me, for you can see my picture when you can’t see me. Best little friend at Pine Mtn, Mary Anne Beggley [sic, Begley]“
257 – 258 “?“
259 “? 147“ [Columbus Creech,]
260 “?“
261 “L TOR Columbus Creech, ?, ?, [Emily Hill]“
261aa, 262 “?“ MISSING
“BREAK IN NUMBERS“
263 DUPLICATE OF #264
264 “Mill Day Family over Poll’s Creek“
265 “My Ninnie & Malcolm – good for sizes but few pictures.”
266
267 “Ninnie Callahan Family“
268 “Ninnie – while at school – look so much older & tired now – you can send these back, too.”
269 “This is our baby when she was quite small. She can almost walk now. Can say a few words. Ninnie”
270 “This was taken up on the hill above our place at a neighbor’s house.”
271 “?“
272 “Taken at Ninnie’s over Poll’s Creek. Ninnie & Rebecca’s Mothers Parkinson” [photo depicts Post Office at Pine Mt. – SEE duplicate photo #300]
273 “Mary Hill McIntyre, Audrey McIntyre, Jack Cornett “
274 “?” [Smoky Mountains, July 1958]
275“ Jack Cornett [at Cherokee, NC]“
276 “Jack Cornett [at Cherokee, NC]“
277 “Aug 63 Mary Hill, Emily Hill Creech, Columbus Creech, Jen[?] Cornett[?]“
278 “Aug 63 Mary McIntyre, Columbus Creech, Joe Tino, Emily Hill Creech“
279 “Buster McIntyre [Cherokee, NC]“
280 “Buster McIntyre“
281 “Jack Cornett“
282 “Buster McIntyre, Emily Hill, Jack Cornett, Mary Hill“
283 “Smokie Mts (sic, Great Smoky Mountains) – July 58: Jack, Mary Hill McIntire Jones. To Mom. Emily, Jack Cornett, Allen Tino”
284 “Jack’s 1/2 brother, Joe Tino, Stepdad, Allen Tino“
285 “Emily Creech [top & Columbus, rt.]“
286 “Big Tree in Perry Co (Where Blue Diamond is now). Columbus and Emily“ MISSING IMAGE
287 “Emily Creech“
288 “Emily Creech“
289 “?“
290 “Sally Creech“
291 “Aunt Sal’s“
292 “Big Log 555“ [Old Log]
293 “You took this of Lizzie and me! It shows up rocks and our May fire I think. It shows my nice stick.“
294 “?“
295 “Emily Hill“
296 “Emily Hill“
297 “Flood – Boys House“
298 “Mabel & Ninnie“
299 “Emily Hill?“

PHOTOLIST 300-399

IMAGES OF ID PAGES:
014 – 298-300
015 – 301-314
016 – 315-333
017 – 334-350
018 – 351-361
019 – 362-392
020 – 393-417

PHOTOGRAPHS:
300 “Pine Mtn. Post Office” [duplicate of 272]
301 – 304 “?”
305 “Karr’s mother Polly & Peggy McIntyre, Polly Hill, Polly Walker – 19 kids”
306 “View of Viper. No good ??”
307
308 – 310 “?”
311 [Photography Studio Lollar’s B’ham Alabama]
312 “This is Molly, Hazel, Ted, Jessy ??”
313 “April 13, 1930 – White House, Washington, DC”
314 “AL 50845”
315 “Hazard Photo Co. Samuel & Papania, Hazard, Ky“
316 “?”
317 “B. J. Campbell, Viper, Perry Co.”
318 “Clinton Hill, [Mr. Frank Mersey Studios]”
319 – 320 “?”
321 “By Allen”
322 “God Bless Our Home”
323 “?”
324 “USA”
324A – 325 “?”
326 “Polly Walker Day of Her”
327 “?”
328 “US Post Office Viper Ky” DOESN’T MATCH PHOTO
329 “Polly Hall Hill”
330 “?”
331 “Rensler’s Seldom Chaney Crystal” DOESN’T MATCH PHOTO?
332 – 333 “?”
334 “?”
335 “James Combs, Tillie, Sissie Collins”
336 “?” MISSING (OR IS IMAGE #339 MIS-LABELED?
“BREAK IN NUMBERS”
340
341 “IBC Cocktail”
342 “?”
343
344 “Same as 326”
345 “Palley (sic) Walker Family, Jeff”
346 “Pete Hill and Family”
347 – 350 “?”
351 – 352 “?”
353 “Same as 109: Dad Crutchfield and sons, Hazard, Ky [- Hot Springs, Ark.]”
354 “Billy Gilbert”
355 “?”
356 “Elbert”
356A “Elbert, My dear little brother” MISSING
357 “Audrey”
358 “Ninnie & Becky?”
359 “Ninnie & Malcolm”
360 “Willie Hill”
361 “RBG Ruth B. Gaines“
362 “Katherine Pettit?”
363 “Cornett Hill Sunday School – Cornett Hill, Jack Cornett ??”
364 “To Emily from Virginia”
365 – 367 “?”
368 “Kentucky Reformatory Censored” DOESN’T MATCH IMAGE?
369 “Frances Emily Jeane Hill. “Tuesday, Oct 8th ,1929. Colorado Spring[s], Colo. Taken with her bottle in her mouth.”
370 “Marguerite Butler Bidstrup”
371 – 374 “?”
375 “Maybe Mother Mrs. Causey. [Basketmaker and chair maker.] “
376 “?”
377 “37”
378 “?”
379 “….. From Mallie to Emma [Hill]”
380 “74”
381 “Rebecca & Allie. What address on Rebecca[?]”
382 “Allie Callahan”
383 “Isn’t Allie fat? This was taken this summer while they were visiting us.”
384 “? 35”
385 “? 113”
386 – 389 “?”
390 “1934”
391 “1934”
392 “?”
393 “232”
394 “806”
395 “Dayson Polls Cr.”
396 “Left to Right: Linda McIntyre age 12, Indian, Gordon McIntyre age 4, Daddy (Buster McIntyre)”
397 “745”
398 – 399 “?”

PHOTOLIST 400-499

IMAGES OF ID PAGES:
020 – 393-417
021 – 418-449
022 – 450-462

PHOTOGRAPHS:
NOTE: The descriptions in this list (400-462] do not necessarily match the actual photographs displayed on JAMES COLUMBUS AND EMILY HILL CREECH Photographs 400-499. The captions on that page have been corrected accordingly.

400 “May Ritchie and friend to her left.”
401 Studio portrait of man seated on an upholstered chair with his hand folded in his lap. POST CARD
402 Studio portrait of unknown man. Seated under studio garden arch, hands folded. POST CARD
403 Man in soldier’s clothes (?]) standing on porch of brick house holding hand of young girl.
404 Three adults standing in front of a stone building with a small child on a tricycle in front of them.
405 Small photo of a touring car. Marked “8 x 10 enlarge” on back
406 “Look at the way Marguerite’s hair is rolled up on top. It looks so funny.”
407 Bomar-Summers store. Woman seated in car in driver’s seat and man standing to her left with foot on running board.
408 Solemn woman seated against a shiplap wall with small child in her lap.
409 “H58 McLire ? G G 4392″
410 Two women and one man standing before a split rail fence.
411 Two young boys standing barefooted before a shiplap wall.
412 Stamped: “Kentucky State Reformatory Frankfort Ky. Sept 6, 1926.” CENSORED POST CARD with message: “And Audrey and Buster and Mary – If I wood (sic) get hit will God bless you all – i wish I was with you to night. i am scrasy to see you all good Bey. XXXXX H.Mc. Ma pt B god bles.”
413 Woman standing and holding tennis racket.
414 Two men standing and holding two bottles of liquor [?].
415 Seated portrait of woman and man. POST CARD
416 “J. W. Prather … W 2nd St Lexington Ky. [Rensler’s]” POST CARD
417 Troy Hill, Emily Hill’s brother. POST CARD
418 – 426 “?”

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427 “One little rose in a 2 acre flower field Oct 13, 1929
Rock Ford Colo. Frances Emily Jean (sic) Hill”
428 – 432 “?”
433 “Audrey McIntyre”
434 “Billie McIntyre Buster’s wife”
435 “Billie McIntyre Buster’s wife”
436 “Danny’s first Xmas with his ‘Daddy’ & ‘Mommie’”
437 “Audrey McIntyre 852”
438 “Mary Hill McIntyre Jones”
439 “3-6-10 Rev. Roland F. Pinke I Cor 2:2″
440 “367”
441 “Billie & Buster McIntyre”
442 Buster[‘s] wife, Billie – baby son Gordon – daughter Linda”
443 “Linda McIntyre, Buster’s daughter”
444 “Buster McIntyre’s dog at Pine Mtn. Ky.”
445 “Billie McIntyre, Buster’s wife”
446 “? B 82”
447 “Emily Hill Creech – Daddy-Mac”
448 “Buster McIntyre’s daughter, Linda McIntyre Smith”
449 “Audrey McIntyre Tino & Alan Tino”
450 “?”
451 “Miss Barbara Ann Walker”
452 “Mr Jackson Walker Jeff Ky”
453 – 455 “?”
456 “Emily Hill Creech on right”
457 “Living Room – Dinette – Kitchen – Front Door”
458 “?”
459 “Virgel with candy on his face – To Bob.”
460 “This was taken last summer near Coney Island. The largest kid is Thelma – Little one, Juanita – Mannie & her family”
461 “O’Bryan Photographer 1382 So Third Street Mag.[?] 1998-M Louisville Ky”
462 “Columbus”