Browse: Willie Peevyhouse Davis Family Photographs

These photographs from the Eddie Faye Gates Tulsa Race Massacre Collection depict Willie Peevyhouse Davis, a second cousin of Eddie Faye Gates, along with her loved ones. Taken in the first half of the 20th century, the informal snapshots and studio portraits are from Gates' own family archive and more broadly document Black American experiences that center leisure, migration, and kinship.

By Alison Rossi, Anne and Henry Zarrow Foundation Director of Learning and Community Engagement, 2024.

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Willie Peevyhouse Davis standing on steps waving a hat

Isabel "Lady Bird" Peevyhouse Joiner and Willie H. Peevyhouse Davis

Willie Peevyhouse Davis

Willie Peevyhouse, Denver, CO

Maceo Peevyhouse, Aileen Purcell-Peevyhouse, Willie Peevyhouse-Davis, and Walter Davis

Willie Peevyhouse-Davis and Cleo Peevyhouse-Phillips seated on the sand under an umbrella

Willie Peevyhouse Davis (Walters) seated on front porch

Four women at the Elizabeth Allen Sopris Memorial in Denver, Colorado. Cleo Petit Peevyhouse on left, and Willie Peevyhouse-Davis on right.

Willie Peevyhouse Davis standing between two unidentified men in suits

Cleo Petit Peevyhouse (Phillips), Mildred Peevyhouse Williams, Willie H. Peevyhouse Davis

An unidentified group of individuals posing in front of trees

Willie Peevyhouse Davis seated in grass by water

Essay taken from Gilcrease in Your Neighborhood Project:

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