- Published by
- Wichita Council of Churches
- Photograph by
- Unidentified
- Subject of
- Bryant, Florence Stephens, American, 1894 - 1985
- Stephens, Eliza Bradshaw, American, ca. 1857 - 1938
- Date
- 1925
- Medium
- silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- L x W: 4 1/4 x 6 1/2 in. (10.8 x 16.5 cm)
- Description
- Black and white group photograph of Jackie Bryant Smith's mother, Florence Stephens Bryant, and grandmother, Eliza Bradshaw Stephens, along with aunts and cousins for the "Milestones" magazine produced by the Council of Churches, Wichita. Five of the women stand in front of a backdrop of an outdoor scene, while the three other women sit in front of them.
- White printed paper found with object reads “Wichita, Kansas – 1925/ My mother, grandmother and aunts & cousins were in Milestones./ Standing in the picture L-R: number 4 was my grandmother,/ Eliza Bradshaw Stevens, my mothers mother from Linn Creek, Mo/ In the pageant were:/ Florence Stevens Bryant, my mother/ Ethel Case, Odessa Jones, cousins/ Julia Case, Hattie Jones, aunts/ Picture is ripped and there are tabs on the upper corners of the picture./ The original program is to fragile to send so I made a copy.”
- Place captured
- Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Photographs and Still Images
- Type
- gelatin silver prints
- Topic
- Christianity
- Families
- Photography
- Religion
- The Black Church
- Women
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Jackie Bryant Smith
- Object number
- 2010.66.136
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




