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Polaroid Photograph of William Gladden Sr. and Harry Williams
Collection
The William Gladden Sr. Collection
Format
Original Polaroid photograph
Date
1976-02
People
William Gladden Sr.; William Gladden; Bill Gladden
Location
Apopka, Florida, United States of America.
Historical Background
A Polaroid photograph of William Gladden Sr. and Harry Williams outside in South Apopka. Harry Williams was an entrepreneur and custodian at the historic Black Phyllis Wheatley Elementary School. During World War II, he was a Technician Fifth Grade in the U.S. Army. He was a devoted member of New Hope Missionary church in Apopka. Mr. Williams belonged to the Davis Masonic Lodge 47, Order of the Eastern Star Lodge 36, Heroines of Jericho No. 93, and the Pallbearers Society No. 7. He was married to Mrs. Nellie Williams.
William Gladden Sr. was born in Charleston, South Carolina, in 1903. William attended Georgia Institute of Technology to learn to become a shoe cobbler, which housed a trade school for African Americans in the early half of the 20th century. William returned to Apopka to open his Shoe Hospital on 9th Street in the mid 1920s. William Gladden Sr. operated his business for more than half a century. In addition to his business, he worked as a driver for Orange County School Transportation.
This object was digitally donated by Mr. Terrance, William "Perrine Slim" Gladden Jr.'s long-term medical aide and friend.
