Images of Central Florida
Title
Preview
Description
A black and white portrait of the Fultz Quadruplets: Mary Louise, Mary Alice, Mary Catherine, and Mary Ann. The Fultz quadruplets are the first identical African American quadruplets on record. The girls are sitting together in identical white lace dresses, pearl earrings, white gloves, and bracelets. They are all sitting with their hands folded in their laps. The photograph is a promotional portrait from the Pet Milk company, a company that the girls were the face of from their birth to the 1960s. On the lower left-hand corner of the photo is stamped, "Courtesy Pet Milk Company, 1962." The photograph is autographed by each girls in their own hand. It reads "Best wishes from the Fultz Quads; Mary Louise, Mary Alice, Mary Catherine, Mary Ann."
Date
1962
Subjects
Black and white photography -- Florida -- Daytona Beach; Outdoor photography -- Photographs; Portrait photography -- Florida -- Daytona Beach -- Photographs; Fultz, Mary Ann -- Portraits -- Florida -- Daytona Beach -- Photographs; Fultz, Mary Alice -- Portraits -- Florida -- Daytona Beach -- Photographs; Fultz, Mary Catherine -- Portraits -- Florida -- Daytona Beach -- Photographs; Fultz, Mary Louise -- Portraits -- Florida -- Daytona Beach -- Photographs; Quadruplets -- North Carolina -- Greensboro -- Photographs; African Americans; Gloves -- Photographs; Dresses -- Photographs; Lace -- United States -- Photographs; Pearls -- Photographs; Bracelets -- Photographs; Autographs -- Photographs; African Americans
Subject-Personal Names
Fultz, Mary Alice (1946-2001); Fultz, Mary Ann (1946-1996); Fultz, Mary Catherine (1946-); Fultz, Mary Louise (1946-1991)
Number of Images
1
Side of Image
Front of Postcard
Repository
Bethune-Cookman University
Repository Collection
Bethune-Cookman University Photograph Collection
CFM Storyline
Education
Identifier
DP0001569
Size of Original Image
26 cm. x 21 cm.
Rights Statement
All rights to images are held by the respective holding institution. This image is posted publicly for non-profit educational uses, excluding printed publication. For permission to reproduce images and/or for copyright information contact University Archives, Bethune-Cookman University, Daytona Beach, FL 32114 (386) 481-2186. http://www.cookman.edu/academics/library/index.html
Digital Publisher
Electronically reproduced by the Digital Services unit of the University of Central Florida Libraries, Orlando, 2009.
Funding source
LSTA Grant 2008-2009
Digital Reproduction Specifications
Jpeg2000 images were derived from 400 dpi tiffs scanned on a Kodak i200 series flatbed scanner.
Date Digitized
2009-08-06
Recommended Citation
"Fultz Quadruplets" (1962). Images of Central Florida. 31.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/cfm-images/31