Monkey Gildersleeve (1910)

ID: 1478 ~ Source: Image courtesy of the Texas Collection, Baylor University ~ Date: 1910
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Monkey Gildersleeve (1910)

Gildersleeve climbs into a coconut tree in Carmen, Mexico. In 1910 Gildersleeve was hired to photograph operations of a plantation off the coast of Mexico.

This file appears in: Fred Gildersleeve

By Sarah Miller & Geoff Hunt
During the early twentieth century, Waco experienced economic growth, large amounts of community engagement and recreation, as well as racial tension and military training.Photographer Fred A. Gildersleeve, nicknamed “Gildy,” immortalized the lives…