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Alexandria Library

Alexandria Library
Local History/Special Collections
717 Queen Street
Alexandria, VA 22314
Primary Collecting Areas:
Alexandria history, Virginia history, Genealogy, U.S. Civil War
Description:
As one of the core research institutions in Alexandria, the Local History and Special Collections Branch (LHSC) is focused on documenting Alexandria from its colonial era to its modern life as a vibrant community of immigrants and cultural attractions.
POC: Patricia Walker, Branch Manager
Phone: (703) 746-1719
Phone: (703) 838-4577
Fax: (703) 706-3912
Start Over Repository Alexandria Library Date range 2020 Level Item

Photograph of Marie Elizabeth Spinner's 96th birthday celebration, 2020

Color photograph of Marie Elizabeth Spinner's 96th birthday celebration. She is pictured seated in a living room with six women and a young girl, including her daughter Rita Murphy Harris and niece Toniette Henry Duncan. The room is decorated with various striped and floral motifs in golden yellow. Behind the gathering is a dining room table on which sit purses, a floral arrangement, and two weighted party balloons shaped like the numerals 9 and 6. Spinner is seated in an armchair near the lower edge if the image. Toniette Henry Duncan, center, leans against the chair's arm. Rita Murphy Harris, seated on a couch, is the rightmost figure in the group. Photograph is undated, but Marie Elizabeth Spinner's 96th birthday was 7 January 2020

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  3. Henry Family photographs

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