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