Todd family photographs | KU Libraries Digital Collections

Adam and America Todd were African Americans enslaved to the Tribble family of Platte County, Missouri. The Todds later immigrated to Kansas, where multiple generations have continued to live. The Todd family photographs consist of thirty-seven images representing three generations of the Todd family, as well as their contemporaries. The images are reproductions made from the originals.

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: Adam Todd

: Alice Mae Banks Nichols (five years old)

: America Todd

: Aunt Bess and Uncle Charlie

: Aunt Bess, Uncle Charlie, and children Hazel and Charlene

: Betty Tyler pushing wheelbarrow, Marshall Tyler, Alice Tyler (Fowler), and Judy Tyler in wheelbarrow

: Beverly Estelle (King) and Howard Estelle

: Boy

: Cally Clark

: Cally Clark and son

: Cecil Estelle, Howard Estelle, and brother

: Clarence or Solon Todd

: Dave James and man with mules

: Dave James with mules

: David James (Grandpa), Martha James (Grandma), and three daughters

: David James (left) and two men

: Edith Clark (Grandma Estelle's sister Nyda)

: Everett Estelle's school class, Lincoln School, North Lawrence

: Friend of Ruth James

: Grandma Matilda Clark

: Grandpa Tom Todd and Grandma Eliza Walton Todd

: Howard Estelle

: Howard Estelle (old Stadler home in background)

: James family (l-r): Bruce, Willie, Martha (mother?), Frank, Rachel, and Fred

: Jim Crane

: Man (possibly a Crane)

: Man (possibly an Estelle)

: Man in front of farmhouse

: Man in studio car

: Mr. Crane

: Mr. Crane and woman

: Mr. Moses Givens, Kansas City, MO

: Norma Estelle's school class, Lincoln School, North Lawrence

: Peter and Lottie Crane

: Ruth Estelle's school class, Lincoln School, North Lawrence

: Soldier, Bruce James

: Stanley Kent Hackworth (child)

Users of this collection should be aware that these items reflect the attitudes of the people, period, or context in which they were created. Certain images, words, terms, or descriptions may be offensive, culturally insensitive, or considered inappropriate today. These items do not represent the views of the libraries or the university. https://spencer.lib.ku.edu/collections/problematic-description