Studio portrait of the Wehbie children. Includes: William b.1909, Christmas b. 1911, Helen b. 1914, Nellie b. 1916, Amelia b. 1918, Sam b. 1920, Margaret b. 1922.
A photograph of Shikery Salem standing on front of his business, S. Salem's Quick Lunch, which served as a gas station, convenience store, taxi service, and lunch. On the right there is a display of Sinclair Opaline Motor Oil. A car tire hangs from…
A snapshot of Joseph and Amelia Salem standing together outdoors, both dressed in military uniform. Joe was in Army intelligence and Amelia was in the Red Cross during World War II.
A photograph of Amelia and Joseph Salem outdoors in front of flowering trees. An unidentified woman is in the left distance. Amelia is dressed in a ruffled polka-dotted dress with a hat and gloves
A colorized photographic portrait of Michael Mitri Wehbie, father of Amelia Wehbie Salem. The portrait was commissioned sometime between 1940 and 1950.
A photograph of Joe and Amelia Salem with their four children: Joseph Salem, Michael Salem, Donna Salem Naeser, and Ronald Salem. Taken on Joe's 100th birthday, May 5, 2009.
A photograph of Amelia standing on a sidewalk in her Red Cross uniform. Ron Salem notes that this was taken in Arlington, Virginia while Joseph was stationed in Washington, D.C. with Army Intelligence.
Photograph of Shickery Salem's gravestone, which reads, "Shickery Salem, North Carolina, PFC 113 Field Arty 30 Division World War I, June 5 1885 - August 5 1952."
A photograph of a group of people at the wedding of Fred and Pat Saleeby (center). The group is posed behind a long banquet table holding flowers, gifts, and cake.
A portrait of Pat and Fred Saleeby on their wedding day, seated on the ground together on Pat's spread-out wedding gown. Fred is dressed in his United States Military uniform.
A copy of the Saleeby family crest. The dominant figure in the crest, the cross, stems from the origin of the name "Saleeby/Salibi," which derives from "saleeb," which means "cross" in Arabic. Family history says that the Saleeby/Saliba family was…
A photograph from Bearta Al-Chacar Powell's childhood of unidentified children; the image was likely taken near the Children's Village S.O.S. orphanage.
A photograph of the children from Children's Village S.O.S. on a picnic. Though unidentified, Bearta Al-Chacar Powell and her siblings are likely among them.
A photograph of Virginia Rabil Mansour standing in front of a painted portrait of her husband, Ernest Norman Mansour, Sr., who passed away in 1983. Also visible are a number of family photographs on the same wall.
