Description: |
Eight young women wearing dresses they sewed themselves at the Indianapolis Asylum for Friendless Colored Children, commonly known as the Colored Orphans Home located at 25th Street and North Keystone Avenue in Indianapolis, Indiana. The organization was founded by the Indianapolis Society of Friends in 1870 and the Marion County Board of Commissioners took control of it in 1922. |
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Origin: | circa 1923 |
Created By: |
Patton Studio |
Source: |
http://indianamemory.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16066coll13/id/1059 |
Collection: |
Indiana State Library Photograph Collections |
Rights: | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/ |
Copyright: |
In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted |
Geography: |
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States |
Subjects: |
photographs Colored Orphans Home (Indianapolis, Ind.) children orphanages girls African American children social work dresses clothing teenagers |
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