Alfreda Barnett Duster, three-quarter-length portrait, standing, 1950
Description
Studio portrait, possibly taken after Alfreda Barnet Duster became the first African American to win the Parent-Teacher Association's Mother of the Year Award. Inscribed on front: To my dear friend Roscoe C. Simmons, Alfreda Barnett Duster, 7/1/50.
Dates
- Creation: 1950
Access
Open for research.
Extent
1 photographs : color print ; ; print 25 x 21 cm (8 x 10 format))Biographical / Historical
Daughter of renowned journalist and civil rights leader Ida B. Wells.
Source of information
Title devised.
Subject
- Duster, Alfreda Barnett (Person)
Creator
- From the Collection: Simmons, Roscoe Conkling, 1881-1951 (Person)
Repository Details
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