Robert Newsome photograph   Save
National Afro-American Museum and Cultural Center
Description: This portrait photograph shows Robert Newsome as a young child. Robert was Felma Harper Washington's cousin. He stands on a chair and wears a buttoned top and shorts, a silk bow and he holds a ball in his right hand. 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_aaeo_90-18_019
Subjects: African Americans; Portrait photography;
Places: National Afro-American Museum and Cultural Center