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“Living in Five Row was like living in the country – no lights or nothing. But it was a pretty place to live.” Albert Wharton
ProvenanceMaterial gathered for "Spirit of Reynolda: African American Contributions, 1912-1962" exhibition at Reynolda House Museum of American Art, 1993. Image identified and copy print gifted by Eugenia Parent.
Exhibition History1993
Spirit of Reynolda: African American Contributions, 1912-1962
Reynolda House Museum of American Art
Published ReferencesMillhouse, Barbara Babcock, Reynolda: 1906-1924 (Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing, 2011), page 118.
DepartmentEstate Archives
Sam Stimpson standing in Five Row
Datecirca 1940
MediumPhotograph
DimensionsOverall: 5 x 7 in. (12.7 x 17.78 cm.)
Credit LineReynolda House Museum of American Art
CopyrightPublic Domain
Object number20-1101-05
DescriptionSam Stimpson, who had a lifelong career in the armed forces, stands beside a 1940 Plymouth. In the background, three Five Row houses are visible, each with a front yard defined by a privet hedge and a vegetable garden in the rear. Stimpson is wearing his Carver High School band uniform.“Living in Five Row was like living in the country – no lights or nothing. But it was a pretty place to live.” Albert Wharton
ProvenanceMaterial gathered for "Spirit of Reynolda: African American Contributions, 1912-1962" exhibition at Reynolda House Museum of American Art, 1993. Image identified and copy print gifted by Eugenia Parent.
Exhibition History1993
Spirit of Reynolda: African American Contributions, 1912-1962
Reynolda House Museum of American Art
Published ReferencesMillhouse, Barbara Babcock, Reynolda: 1906-1924 (Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing, 2011), page 118.
Status
Not on viewCollections
undated
circa 1950
1972
July 25, 1980
