Edith Shelton is Aunt Ea

Who was Edith Shelton?

The Valentine’s exhibition is now open!

Who was Edith Shelton?

She was also known as Aunt Ea to her niece Barbara Tyler-Mullins.

This 1980 photograph shows Miss Shelton visiting her great-niece while Barbara was serving as a General Assembly page in Richmond.

(Photo courtesy the Estate of Barbara Tyler- Mullins)


Visit the Valentine’s exhibition of Shelton’s photographs.

Edith Shelton’s Richmond.
Explore Richmond’s neighborhoods through amateur photographer Edith Shelton’s mid-20th century imagery.
December 4, 2015 to May 8, 2016 

Arch and 2nd Streets, Gamble’s Hill
May 1956
Edith K. Shelton, photographer
V.91.42.23
The Valentine