File:Group portrait with photographer Will H. Towles at Winona Lake, Indiana. AD073.jpg

Mr. Towles, seated 3rd from left in center row, was director and instructor-in-chief of the P.A. of A. School of Photography at Winona Lake, Indiana and owner of a studio in Washington DC. He was instrumental in teaching the Adams family of Tallahassee the finer points of photography.

1927 students in random order:

• Birchfield, W. L.
• Down, W. E.
• Laurier Conrad Durette (1907-1962). He would be 19 years old in this image if the attribution is correct.
• Frost, F. J.
• Hanson, O. B.
• Aloysius Urban Hellstern (1903-1998)
• Ladd-Basserman, Nettie ♀️
• Mack, Richard E.
• Maresh, H. A.
• Maresh, J. J.
• Owen, Hal
• Parham, F. W.
• Hazel Ramsburg (1903-?) ♀️
• Towles, Bertha Evans, wife of Will ♀️
• Will H. Towles (1872-1954), the instructor

"Accompanying note on back: "1. O.B. Hanson, Sackville NB, Canada; 2. F.W. Parham, 600 N. Dearborn St., Chicago, Ill.; 3. W.L. Birchfield, Bx 1486, Orlando, Fla.; 4. J.J. Maresh, Terrell, Tx; 5. H.A. Maresh, Ennis, Texas; 6. W.E. Down, 126 S. Salma St., Syracuse, N.Y.; 7. A.U. Hellstern, 1649 S. Talbatt Ave., Indianapolis, Ind.; 8. Richard E. Mack, 111 N. Center St., Pottsville, Pa.; 9. Nettie Ladd-Basserman, Maukato, Kansas; 10. F.J. Frost, Port Arthur, Tx.; 12. Hal Owen, 811 So. Market, Wichita, Kansas; 13. L.C. Durette, 361 Dubuque St., Manchester, N.H.; 15. ; 71. Hazel Ramsburg, 219 Court Ave., Weston, W.Va.; Will H. Towles + Bertha E. Towles.""

Seated on floor from left to right are:

• Unknown
• Unknown
• Laurier Conrad Durette (1907-1962) of Manchester, New Hampshire with a mustache
• Unknown

Sitting in chairs from left to right are:

• Unknown
• Bertha Evans (1876-?), the wife of Will H. Towles, in glasses and pearl necklace
• Will H. Towles (1872-1954) of Washington, D.C.
• Unknown woman in hat
• Unknown
• Hazel Ramsburg (1903-?) of West Virginia, in striped jacket
• Unknown

Standing from left to right are:

• O.B. Hanson
• F.W. Parham
• W.L. Birchfield
• J.J. Maresh
• H.A. Maresh

This work is from the Florida Memory Project hosted at the State Archive of Florida, and is released to the public domain in the United States under the terms of Section 257.35(6), Florida Statutes. Note: In accordance with the provisions of Section 257.35(6), Florida Statutes, "Any use or reproduction of material deposited with the Florida Photographic Collection shall be allowed pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1)(b) and subsection (4), provided that appropriate credit for its use is given."