Studio portrait of 'Pickens' (James Pickens Walker Jr.) -- Savannah High School
Book 2, Page 127 ·1928-1930
Transcription
A black-and-white head-and-shoulders studio portrait of a young man in a dark suit, white shirt, and patterned tie, with a small star-shaped pin on the right lapel.
Pencil caption beneath the print:
Pickens – Sav. High School
AI Notes
Album page with a single black-and-white head-and-shoulders studio portrait of a young man mounted at center with paper mounting corners. Three-quarter view, dark hair neatly combed and parted, dark suit jacket, white shirt, and patterned tie with a small star-shaped lapel pin at the right lapel (likely a school or Scouting pin). A pencil caption runs along the lower edge of the page reading ‘Pickens – Sav. High School’; ‘Pickens’ is the family short form for James Pickens Walker Jr. (‘Bo’).
The subject is James Pickens “Bo” Walker Jr. (b. Jan. 5, 1912), the compiler’s son, photographed during his Savannah High School years. The family used “Pickens” as a short form for him in captions; he was an Eagle Scout and Harmon Foundation scholarship recipient – see the clipping on page 122.