'Grandma Blue' photograph   Save
National Afro-American Museum and Cultural Center
Description: This photograph, titled "Grandma Blue," shows an elderly woman sitting posed for a portrait with her hands clasped across her lap. The woman, identified as Isabel Askew's grandmother, lived from 1836-1909. 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_001
Subjects: African Americans; African American women; Portrait photography
Places: National Afro-American Museum and Cultural Center