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Thelma Harrison, the first cousin of Walter White, a Director at the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, and Jeanne Goodwin, social workers at Bethelhem Center in Nashville, Tennessee and former Fisk University roommates, 1926

 Item — Box: 3
Identifier: 4327.10371

Scope and Contents

Inscribed by hand in red ink, "#27 p. 107" in upper right on verso; Inscribed by hand in blue ink, "Social workers Bethleham Center Nashville, TN 1926" in top center on verso; Inscribed by hand in blue ink, "L. to R. Thelma Harrison (first cousin of Walter White, NAACP Natl Director), Jeanne Goodwin (former Fisk University roommates)" in lower center on verso

Curatorial Remarks

Looks like a couple of fair skin Black women posing for photo. Purpose: Posing for photo

Community Elder Tags: Two, women, ties, knicker bockers, brick, wall, rail, posing, light skin. socks, shoes, smiles, steps

Bobby Eaton, Community Expert for the Eddie Faye Gates project, 2020-2022

Curatorial Remarks

Community Youth Tags: brick wall, bobbed hair, brown hair, matching outfits yellow stripped blazer, yellow stripped shorts, yellow collared shirt, knee high socks, dark socks, tap shoes, stripped ties, thin straight hair, steps

Sofia Fermo, Community Expert for the Eddie Faye Gates project, 2020-2022

Dates

  • 1926

Extent

1 Photographic Prints : Sepia tinted, black and white; Leaf 11

Language of Materials

English