"Gramy/Grampy Childress" photograph   Save
National Afro-American Museum and Cultural Center
Description: This photograph shows John Wesley "Grampy" Childress (seated, left) and Emma "Gramy" Childress (seated, right) on the front porch of their home, likely in Bellefontaine, Ohio. John wears a dark three-piece suit and Emma wears a white floor-length dress. This photograph is part of the Felma Harper Washington Collection. Felma Harper Washington was a leader, minister, musician, writer and historian in Bellfontaine, Ohio. Born in Bellefontaine in 1903, she traveled the country working with the African Methodist Episcopal Church (A.M.E. Church) and married Reverend Edward Washington. She founded the Harper Memorial Library and the Museum of African-American Historical Research. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: NAM_MSS2034_B12_F08_004
Subjects: African Americans;
Places: Bellefontaine (Ohio);