Mrs. Ella Watson and her adopted daughter.

Photographs by Gordon Parks
Photos courtesy of The Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division

Washington, D.C. (August 1942)  Mrs. Ella Watson, a government
charwoman and her adopted daughter.                                          


Altar in the bedroom of Mrs. Ella Watson.

Washington, D.C. (August 1942)  Religious objects and an improved
altar in the bedroom of Mrs. Watson, a government charwoman.     

 


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Credits:
Photographs by Gordon Parks - Courtesy of The Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.

Mrs. Ella Watson and her adopted daughter - Reproduction Number LC-USF34-T01-013430-C DLC.  Created/Published, August 1942.  From the Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information Photograph Collection.

Altar in the bedroom of Mrs. Ella Watson - Reproduction Number LC-USF34-T01-013445-C DLC.  Created/Published, August 1942.  From the Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information Photograph Collection.

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