Title	Evie Robert, in Robert family garden, Atlanta, Georgia, April 25, 1943, 2.
Identifier	LBP038-206l
Date of original	1943-04-25
Decade	1940s
Description	One in a series of 26 photographs of the "Chip" Robert family, made by J.H. Lane. The 1943 Lane Brothers Assignment Book (page 63) billed for only "19 Photos of family; 100 duplicates" and supplied a folded list of 10 of the photos as follows: "2 Mr. Robert at desk. Showing Painting on wall.; 6 of Mr. Robert and Mr. Downs at desk.; 2 Louise [i.e. Louisa] Robert & brother." The painting pictured here is probably of Lawrence Wood Robert, Sr. Chip Robert was a well-known Atlanta businessman who owned and operated an architectural and engineering firm (Robert & Company). He was Assistant Secretary of the Treasury under Roosevelt and later, Secretary of the National Democratic Committee. He married Louise (or "Louisa) Godwin Ayers in 1910, and they divorced in 1935, the same year he married Evelyn Walker "Evie" Robinson. Chip and his first wife had two children, Lawrence Wood Robert, III, and Louisa Ayers Robert (married Grant Meade LeRoux, 1940). In this photograph, Evie, who is wearing a highly patterned dress, is posed in the driveway, with a view of the front porch in the background.
Creator	Lane Brothers Commercial Photographers
Contributors	Lane, J. H. (George Hubert), 1889-1970
Digital publisher	Georgia State University Library
Curatorial area	Photographic Collections
Collection	Lane Brothers Commercial Photographers Photographic Collection, 1920-1976
Series	Portraits
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Citation	Lane Brothers Commercial Photographers Photographic Collection, 1920-1976. Photographic Collection, Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University Library. LBP038-206l
Location depicted	Atlanta (Ga.) Fulton County (Ga.)
Subject	Portrait photography
Subject (names)	Robert, Lawrence Wood, 1889-1976
Source format	black-and-white negatives
Source condition	Good
Type	Image
Format	Image/jp2