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File Case at Douglass Home

Location : Washington, DC
Date : Aug, 1938
Agency : Dept. of the Interior
Credits : WLH
Owner : NARA (SPB)
Medium : B&W Photo
Control Number : 69-N-65

Enlarged Image

Description : Washington, D.C. - A special file case contains the historic letters, speeches, manuscripts and other documents of Frederick Douglass, world-famed abolitionist. Miss Annie Wheeler, a WPA worker on the Historical Records Survey Project at the Douglass Memorial Home is pictured at this file case located in the private study of the abolitionist. This project of the WPA is attracting nation-wide attention as the valuable collection at the Home is being put into shape for public use.

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[Historical Projects][Restorations][Frederick Douglass Memorial Home]