Oliver and Joe (Chester) Childress photograph   Save
National Afro-American Museum and Cultural Center
Description: This portrait photograph shows Oliver and Joe "Chester" Childress, uncles of Felma Harper Washington. Both sit facing the camera in dark suit jackets, light shirts, ties, with hats on their laps. 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_005
Subjects: African Americans; Portrait photography;
Places: National Afro-American Museum and Cultural Center