Matilda Gibson Parker in front of Gibson-Parker blacksmith shop, ca 1890
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Title
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Matilda Gibson Parker in front of Gibson-Parker blacksmith shop, ca 1890
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Description
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1890s photograph of Matilda Gibson Parker -- possibly the original "Ilda" -- in front of the blacksmith shop founded in 1868 by two formerly enslaved friends, Horace Gibson and Moses Parker, at mile 10 of the Little River Turnpike. Gibson's daughter, Matilda married Parker's son, Page, and together they ran the blacksmith business for several years following their fathers' deaths.
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Last name, first name (Mason, George)
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Gibson-Parker family
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YYYY-MM-DD (1861-04-12)
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1890s
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Source
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Braddock's True Gold, by Marion Meany + Mary Lipsey
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Marion Meany and Mary Lipsey, Braddock’s True Gold: 20th Century Life in the Heart of Fairfax County, A Look Back at Braddock Oral History Project (Fairfax, Va.: County of Fairfax, Virginia), 132, accessed April 16, 2023, https://braddockheritage.org/items/show/260.html.
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Enter your name. Last name, first name
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Katz, Mandy
