This vintage photograph features two African American brothers. They are identified as Bennie and Willie McCullugh. The 1900 US Census finds the two brothers living in Milam, Texas with their parents and seven siblings. In total, the children in the household numbered nine (five boys and four girls). The father in the family was a farmer and both Bennie and Willie later became farmers. At the time of the census, Bennie was 17 years old and Willie was 16. The photographer of this photo is E. M. Shepperd. His studio was located in Rosebud, Texas. (SOLD)
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