Marion Jones Kennon and Diane Jones Smith

Dublin Core

Title

Marion Jones Kennon and Diane Jones Smith

Subject

Photographs, Dishes, Miscellanea

Description

One sterling silver baby spoon engraved with “Mary Alice,” the contributor’s mother; a distressed pink glass water goblet owned by Robert Archie and Mary Alice Toliver Jones; and various family photos and newspaper clippings from the first half of the twentieth century; and one tie clip owned by Robert Archie Jones, the contributor's father.

Date

1904-1956

Contributor

Kennon, Marion J. & Smith, Diane J.

Collection Items

Robert Archie Jones' Tie Clip
Tie clip owned by the contributors' father: Robert Archie Jones.

Sterling silver baby spoon
Sterling silver baby spoon engraved with the contributors' mother's name: Mary Alice.

Water goblet
Distressed pink glass water goblet owned by Robert Archie and Mary Alice Toliver Jones.

Photograph of school group
Photograph of school children featuring the contributor's mother, Mary Toliver Jones.

Newspaper clipping, "The Family, an American Institution"
Newspaper clipping featuring Robert Archie Jones. Jones was an advertising salesman with the St. Paul Recorder and Minneapolis Spokesman.  Left to right: Marion Carol (13), Roberta Alyee (15), Robert A. Jones, Jr. (9), Robert A. Jones, Mrs. Jones…

Gordon Parks School class photograph
Photo of grade school class at Gordon Parks School.

Photo of couple
Photo of Mr. and Mrs. Jones
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