The Smith Collection
and did photography as a hobby. The donor found the negatives in the basement of Mr. Smith's home, her grandfather, who lived
in the area of Federal Street. Ca. 1940s-1960s
Gamma Iota Omega Chapter of AKA 6 (03484)
A negative of a picture of a group of women in semi-formal dresses. Donated in an envelope that reads "AKAs". According to notes made at the 02/2015 First Friday, this is the Gamma Iota Omega Chapter of AKA, Inc. Included in the image are Yvonne Ferguson, Jackie Hamler Tolifero, Della Dillard, Carolyn Langhorne, Edna Holmes, Dr. Clarissa Wimbush, Nancy Goldsboro Meadows, Clara Seay, Anne Wesley, Patricia Williams, Youtha Bell Turner, Carolyn Brown, Elizabeth Jordan, Helen Lewis. The remainder are unidentified.
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