Ellen Fox and Henry Meredith Harper photograph   Save
National Afro-American Museum and Cultural Center
Description: This photograph shows Ellen Fox Harper (seated, left) and Henry Meredith Harper (standing, right), Felma Harper Washington's paternal grandparents. Ellen wears an embroiadered dress, glasses, necklace and bracelet, while Henry wears a dark suit, bowtie and lapel pin, and holds an open books on the table in front of him. 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_011
Subjects: African Americans; Portrait photography;
Places: National Afro-American Museum and Cultural Center