Photograph
Myra Denning Allison
| Portrait of Myra Denning Allison, daughter of Civil War veteran Charles Denning. Myra ran an interracial and international boarding house at 217 N. Mills St. She was the first black foster mother in Madison. Myra was also a charter member of the Utopia Club, and a founding member of the St. Paul A.M.E. Church. |
| Image ID: | 154222 |
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| Creation Date: | circa 1930 |
| Creator Name: | Unknown |
| City: | Madison |
| County: | Dane |
| State: | Wisconsin |
| Collection Name: | Name File |
| Genre: | Photograph |
| Original Format Type: | photographic print, b&w |
| Original Format Number: | NF Allison, Myra Denning |
| Original Dimensions: | 4 x 5 inches |
| Indoor photography |
| Women |
| Methodist churches |
| Dresses |
| African Americans |
| Portrait photography |
| Clubs |
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| Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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