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.
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5ec12c5f9-a980-4747-8198-d57b610793b0

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