Title	Matilda Dunbar photograph
Subject	African American women -- Ohio African American Ohioans Dunbar, Paul Laurence, 1872-1906
Time Period	1890s
Place	Dayton (Ohio) Montgomery County (Ohio)
Description	Portrait of Matilda Dunbar, mother of poet Paul Laurence Dunbar, ca. 1890-1910. Matilda was born a slave in Fayette County, Kentucky. She instilled in her son Paul a love of poetry. During her life, she worked as a washerwoman to support her family. Among her customers were the family of Orville and Wilbur Wright. Matilda died in Dayton, Ohio, on February 24, 1934.
Date of Original	ca. 1890-1910
Collection	Paul Laurence Dunbar Collection
Source	P 70; Box 1, Folder 4
Format	Picture Photographic Print (Black and White)
Submitting Institution	Ohio History Connection
Rights	Online access is provided for research purposes only. For rights and reproduction requests or more information, go to http://www.ohiohistory.org/images/information
Type	StillImage
File Name	AL03383.tif
Image Height	2000
Image Width	2000
File Size	3249406 Bytes
Date created	2011-08-02

Matilda Dunbar photograph

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