Portrait of the Adair family featuring three generations of James Adairs (photograph)

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Miley, Henry Mackey, 1873 - 1955
Subject
Adair, James Malcolm, Jr., 1926-1956
Adair, James McDowell, 1852-1935
Adair, James Malcolm, 1890-1943
Portrait photography
Virginia -- Rockbridge County
Families--Portraits
Children
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This picture is a group portrait of the three generations of James Adairs - James McDowell Adair (right), James Malcolm Adair (left), and James Malcom Adair Jr. (center). Miley refers to them as "Jim" in the name scratched on the negative. The youngest Adair is standing between his father and grandfather with his hand on his grandfather's shoulder. This print was made from the original glass plate negative, which is housed at Virginia Historical Society.