Washington and Lee University, University Library Special Collections and Archives
Mary Poole photograph collection
WLU.Coll.0566
/repositories/5/resources/1315
0.03 Linear Feet
3 folders
circa 1868-1930s
English
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research use.
Conditions Governing Use
The materials from Washington and Lee University Special Collections are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study, pursuant to U.S. Copyright law. The user assumes full responsibility for any use of the materials, including but not limited to, infringement of copyright and publication rights of reproduced materials. Any materials used should be fully credited with the source.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Mary Poole Photograph Collection (WLU Coll. 0566), Special Collections and Archives, James G. Leyburn Library, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Va.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased at auction from the estate of Mary Poole in August 2021.
Biographical Note
Mary Poole was born on December 4, 1922 to Roy and Mary Wade. She died on September 11, 2020 in Rockbridge County, Va.
Scope and Contents
his collection contains historic photographs collected by Mary Poole. The majority of the photographs were taken by Lexington-based photographers including Michael Miley and Mrs. N. L. Miller. The subjects are primarily unidentified individuals.
Lexington (Va.)
Rockbridge County (Va.)
Miley, Michael, 1841-1918
Miley & Son Photographic Studio
Cabinet card of unidentified man and woman/repositories/5/archival_objects/35500circa 1880sManuscripts Small Collections Box 41Additional InformationMichael Miley photographer. The woman is seated and the man is standing beside her with his left hand on the back of her chair.
Cabinet card of an unidentified man/repositories/5/archival_objects/35501circa 1880sManuscripts Small Collections Box 41Additional InformationMichael Miley photographer
Cabinet card of Jessie M. Bowling/repositories/5/archival_objects/35502circa 1880sManuscripts Small Collections Box 41Additional InformationMichael Miley photographer
Cabinet card of an unidentified toddler/repositories/5/archival_objects/35503circa 1890sManuscripts Small Collections Box 41Additional InformationMichael Miley photographer, studio image of a child seated in a wicker chair
Cabinet card of an unidentified baby/repositories/5/archival_objects/35504circa 1890sManuscripts Small Collections Box 41Additional InformationMichael Miley photographer, studio image of baby less than one year of age seated in a wicker chair
Cabinet card of Andrew McClure/repositories/5/archival_objects/35505circa 1890sManuscripts Small Collections Box 41Additional InformationMichael Miley photographer
Cabinet card of a women identified as Phoebe McClung/repositories/5/archival_objects/35506circa 1880sManuscripts Small Collections Box 41Additional InformationMichael Miley photographer. The female subject of the photograph may be misidentified. The clothing and age do not match the timeline of the Phoebe McClung who resided in Rockbridge/Lexington.
Cabinet card of an unidentified man/repositories/5/archival_objects/35507circa 1880sManuscripts Small Collections Box 42Additional InformationMichael Miley photographer
Cabinet card of an unidentified woman/repositories/5/archival_objects/35508circa 1880sManuscripts Small Collections Box 42Additional InformationMichael Miley photographer. The woman is wearing a mourning dress and veil
Cabinet card of an unidentified man/repositories/5/archival_objects/35509circa 1880sManuscripts Small Collections Box 42Additional InformationMichael Miley photographer
Cabinet card of an unidentified VMI cadet/repositories/5/archival_objects/35510circa 1880sManuscripts Small Collections Box 42Additional InformationMichael Miley photographer
Cabinet card of an unidentified man/repositories/5/archival_objects/35512circa 1910-1927Manuscripts Small Collections Box 42Additional InformationMichael Miley and Son photographer
Cabinet card of an unidentified couple/repositories/5/archival_objects/35513circa 1900-1920Manuscripts Small Collections Box 42Additional InformationMichael Miley and Son photographer. The man is seated and the woman is standing beside him with her left arm resting on his right shoulder.
Cabinet card of Helen Leibig/repositories/5/archival_objects/35514circa 1900-1915Manuscripts Small Collections Box 42Additional InformationMichael Miley and Son photographer. Per the information written on the back of the card, Helen was three years old when photographed.
Cabinet card of an unidentified girl/repositories/5/archival_objects/355241894 September 8Manuscripts Small Collections Box 42Additional InformationMiller, Lexington, Va. photographer. Image of a young girl wearing a ruffled top and holding a white cat. On the back are the date and the initials S.W.G.
Cabinet card of an unidentified baby/repositories/5/archival_objects/35517circa 1890sManuscripts Small Collections Box 43Additional InformationMichael Miley and Son photographer
Cabinet card of an unidentified woman and child/repositories/5/archival_objects/35518circa 1890-1905Manuscripts Small Collections Box 43Additional InformationJ. L. McCown, Lexington, Va. photographer. The women is seated in a chair. The male child is standing on her right.
Cabinet card of an unidentified woman and child/repositories/5/archival_objects/35519circa 1900-1919Manuscripts Small Collections Box 43Additional InformationJ. L. McCown, Lexington, Va. photographer. The woman is seated in a chair and the girl child is standing on her right.
Cabinet card of an unidentified woman/repositories/5/archival_objects/35525circa 1890s-1910Manuscripts Small Collections Box 43Additional InformationMiller, Lexington and Buena Vista, Va. photograph. The woman is photographed standing wearing a corseted waist dress.
Cabinet card of an unidentified woman/repositories/5/archival_objects/35526circa 1890sManuscripts Small Collections Box 43Additional InformationN. J. Miller, Lexington, Va. photographer
Carte de visite of an unidentified man/repositories/5/archival_objects/35481circa 1870sManuscripts Small Collections Box 43Additional InformationSubject may have lived near Goshen Bridge
Carte de visite of an unidentified woman/repositories/5/archival_objects/35482circa 1870sManuscripts Small Collections Box 43Additional InformationPhotographed by Kelley & Pettigrew of Lexington, Va.
Carte de visite of two unidentified men and one unidentified woman/repositories/5/archival_objects/35483circa 1880sManuscripts Small Collections Box 43Additional InformationPhotographed by Mrs. N. J. Miller of Lexington, Va. The two men are each seated in a chair while the woman is standing behind them. Her right arm rests on the left shoulder of one of the men.
Carte de visite of Mary Anna Randolph Custis Lee/repositories/5/archival_objects/35640circa 1868-1870Manuscripts Small Collections Box 43Photographic print of VMI Jackson Memorial Hall/repositories/5/archival_objects/35496circa 1930sManuscripts Small Collections Box 43Photographic print of VMI Stable used for Cavalry Training School/repositories/5/archival_objects/35495circa 1930sManuscripts Small Collections Box 43Cabinet card of an unidentified woman/repositories/5/archival_objects/35644circa 1870sManuscripts Small Collections Box 43Additional InformationMullen, Artistic Photographer, Lexington, Kentucky. Posed photograph of an unidentified woman pictured with her back facing the camera and her head turned to the right.
Large format mounted albumen print of an unidentified woman/repositories/5/archival_objects/35511circa 1880sLarge Format Photographs Box 16Additional InformationMichael Miley photographer. The woman is photographed sitting in a chair with her right arm posed along the chair's back. She is wearing a headdress. Of particular note is the brooch that is attached at her neckline. The brooch is a photographic brooch featuring the image of an unidentified man.