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[ New Search ] Mrs. Julia B. Davis, Supervisor of the Historical Records Survey Project Location : Washington, DC Date : August, 1938 Agency : PWA Credits : WLH Owner : NARA (SPB) Medium : B&W Photo Control Number : 69-N-64 Enlarged Image Description : Washington, D.C. - Frederick Douglass Memorial Home - Mrs. Julia B. Davis, Supervisor of the Historical Records Survey Project, who for ten years has guarded the hitherto unrecorded treasures at the Frederick Douglass Memorial Home, Washington, D.C. Now under the project of the Works Progress Administration, four workers are putting in systematic order the many relics of furnishing, objects of art, silverware, china, books, manuscripts, letters, pamphlet and other historical material at the Home. Mrs. Davis is pictured here with the set of [gold?] spoons presented to Frederick Douglass by Queen Victoria of England. (WPA photo) Listed Under: [Historical Projects][Restorations][Frederick Douglass Memorial Home]