[Photograph 2012.201.B1251.0423]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Mr. and Mrs. James Franklin Smith of Geary are pictured with seven of Mr. Smith's 29 sons and daughters (16 by his present wife) . David, 5, is on mom's lap, while Smith holds Carl Joe, 3, on his lap. The girls are, from left, Nadine, 10; Lilly May, 7; Linda Fay, 9; Emma Gene, 15; and Jewel Dean, 13. These are seven of the 10 kids still at home."
Date: February 15, 1956
Creator: Tapscott, George
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1251.0424]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "James Franklin Smith, right, 77, has been helping the "Smith" clan for 56 years. The salty native of Arkansas has fathered 29 sons and daughters, outliving three of them, and says he is not through yet. He is shown at his home in Geary, Okla., with his 46-year-old second wife, Arvelia, who has 16 children with him, 10 still at home. He and his first wife, Ida, were married in 1898, and he said he never gave a "big family" any kind of thought."
Date: February 15, 1956
Creator: Tapscott, George
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History