Woman with purse photograph   Save
National Afro-American Museum and Cultural Center
Description: An unidentified African American woman stands posing for a portrait. She is wearing a cravat-like necktie, decorative hat and white gloves, and holds a cloth purse with metal clasps. This photograph is part of the T.J. Askew Collection, which contains correspondence, photographs and other personal papers of Dr. Flora Isabel Askew and her parents Irene Askew and Reverend Tony J. (T.J.) Askew. Materials related to Rev. Askew’s work with the African Methodist Episcopal Church (A.M.E. Church) and Dr. Askew’s work as a teacher at the Wilberforce University High School. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: NAM_MSS2017_B04_F03_002
Subjects: African Americans; African American women; Portrait photography;
Places: National Afro-American Museum and Cultural Center