Picture and life of Sarah Jane Alston : Signed picture of an African American woman to Cousin Ursa, and a Holiday greeting card with a baby and toy dog
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- Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library
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- Still image
- Extent / Dimensions:
- 10.29 x 08.07 inches
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- Description / Abstract:
- Recto: Philadelphia, Penna., January 18, 1977, Sarah Jane Alston, daughter of the late Tina and Izekiah Richardson was born December 25, 1878 in Savannah, Georgia. She spent her early life in Savannah, after being freed from slavery, where she met and married the late Damon Alston. From this marriage, 13 children were born. She also taught public school and Sunday School in her hometown. After being a widow for 2 1/2 years, she decided to move her family to Philadelphia in 1921. She was both mother and father to her family and buried six of them here. During her years in Philadelphia, while raising her children alone, she was very active in various organizations, until she could no longer participate. She was a member of Keystone Marching Club, Knights of Columbus, Eastern Stars, Reindeers and was a Red Cross volunteer. All during her life, she was in the best of health, until Saturday, January 1st, when she became ill and was taken to Jefferson Hospital. She departed this life, Sunday, January 9th at 8:15 p.m. She leaves to mourn her loss, 4 daughters, 2 sons, 29 grandchildren, 45 great grandchildren, 8 great great grandchildren, 3 son-in-laws, 3 daugher-in-laws, and a host of friends and neighbors.; Verso: Cousin Ursa, Merry Christmas and a happy new year, Liz Charles, Hedrick & Ira, 12/15/51 [photo of Cousin Vera and photo of a baby]
Subjects / Keywords
- Subject - Topics:
- Greeting cards., Babies., Older African American women., and African American women.
- Subject - Names:
- Ira., Alston, Sarah Jane., Ursa, Cousin., Hedrick., and Charles, Liz.
- Keywords:
- Women-Individuals
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- Emory University does not control copyright for this image. This image is made available for individual viewing and reference for educational purposes only such as personal study, preparation for teaching, and research. Your reproduction, distribution, public display or other re-use of any content beyond a fair use as codified in section 107 of US Copyright Law is at your own risk. We are always interested in learning more about our collections. If you have information regarding this photograph, please contact rose.library@emory.edu.
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This item is part of:
About This Item
This item is provided at low resolution only. Downloads are not permitted for this material.
- Date Created:
- unknown
- Format:
- Still image
- Extent / Dimensions:
- 10.29 x 08.07 inches
- Note:
- This collection may include historical materials that are offensive or harmful. Historical records are evidence of the time in which they were created and often contain language and images that are racist, homophobic, sexist, ableist, or otherwise derogatory and insensitive. This content does not reflect the values of Emory Libraries. If you are concerned about content in this collection, please complete our take down form and we will be in touch with you as soon as possible.
- Description / Abstract:
- Recto: Philadelphia, Penna., January 18, 1977, Sarah Jane Alston, daughter of the late Tina and Izekiah Richardson was born December 25, 1878 in Savannah, Georgia. She spent her early life in Savannah, after being freed from slavery, where she met and married the late Damon Alston. From this marriage, 13 children were born. She also taught public school and Sunday School in her hometown. After being a widow for 2 1/2 years, she decided to move her family to Philadelphia in 1921. She was both mother and father to her family and buried six of them here. During her years in Philadelphia, while raising her children alone, she was very active in various organizations, until she could no longer participate. She was a member of Keystone Marching Club, Knights of Columbus, Eastern Stars, Reindeers and was a Red Cross volunteer. All during her life, she was in the best of health, until Saturday, January 1st, when she became ill and was taken to Jefferson Hospital. She departed this life, Sunday, January 9th at 8:15 p.m. She leaves to mourn her loss, 4 daughters, 2 sons, 29 grandchildren, 45 great grandchildren, 8 great great grandchildren, 3 son-in-laws, 3 daugher-in-laws, and a host of friends and neighbors.; Verso: Cousin Ursa, Merry Christmas and a happy new year, Liz Charles, Hedrick & Ira, 12/15/51 [photo of Cousin Vera and photo of a baby]
Subjects / Keywords
- Subject - Topics:
- Greeting cards., Babies., Older African American women., and African American women.
- Subject - Names:
- Ira., Alston, Sarah Jane., Ursa, Cousin., Hedrick., and Charles, Liz.
- Keywords:
- Women-Individuals
Find This Item
- Persistent URL:
- https://digital.library.emory.edu/purl/228ncjsxrr-cor
- Other Identifiers:
- dams:156952 and MSS1218_B043_I067
- Institution:
- Emory University
- Administrative Unit:
- Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library
- Sublocation:
- Box 43
- Call Number:
- MSS 1218
- Contact Information:
- Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library rose.library@emory.edu
Access and Copyright
- Rights Statement:
- Emory University does not control copyright for this image. This image is made available for individual viewing and reference for educational purposes only such as personal study, preparation for teaching, and research. Your reproduction, distribution, public display or other re-use of any content beyond a fair use as codified in section 107 of US Copyright Law is at your own risk. We are always interested in learning more about our collections. If you have information regarding this photograph, please contact rose.library@emory.edu.
- Rights Status:
- Copyright Undetermined
Emory Libraries provides copyright information as a courtesy and makes no representation about copyright or other legal status of materials in its digital collections.