Painter Collection

Grading ground for new college building, Arlington [Mississippi]

  

 Modoc levee break from north end

  

 Mules in front of store

  

Picture taken on old river. Sunday of Baptising

  

Trip to Port Royal to see hole in levee

 

Source: Mississippi Department of Archives and History

Painter Collection

 Henry Gowan Feild and Noble fishing on Moon Lake

  

 Moon Lake Club House

  

 Moon Lake

  

 On way to Helena stopping near sand pump, 1913

  

View taken on trip to Beulah, Mississippi

 

Source: Mississippi Department of Archives and History

Painter Collection

 Aline Howell

  

Skating scene, 4 lined up. Mississippi River, ca. 1918

  

View at Moon Lake Fishing Club, July 1912

  

View from Steamer James Lee

  

Working on sipe water at Mullen crossing

 

Source: Mississippi Department of Archives and History

Painter Collection

House in overflow near Modoc levee break

  

Marguerite standing, ca. 1900

  

Marie in automobile, ca. 1900

  

Old river from dyke looking north

  

Three men and three women sitting on a wooden sidewalk in front of a house

 

Source: Painter Collection

Painter Collection

The Painter (Milton McFarland, Sr.) Collection consists of images of 1,073 black-and-white photographic prints in two albums. A self-taught photographer, Milton McFarland Painter Sr. produced images of Friars Point, Mississippi, regions surrounding Coahoma County, and vacation stops across the western United States, Mexico, and Canada from about 1912 to the 1920s. Painter was especially interested in the Mississippi River, its levees and lakes, and the steamboats that made frequent stops in Friars Point. He used a Kodak camera that generated three-inch by five-inch (3"x5") negatives, which he meticulously cataloged and filed.

Front of store, ca. 1900

  

Back of store, ca. 1900

  

Fishing trip - patience, ca. 1900

  

Fishing trip - critical moment, ca. 1900

  

Fishing trip - hung again, ca. 1900

  

Fishing trip - second morning's catch, ca. 1900