Eleanor Roosevelt and Jessie Vann with three other women

ca. 1944

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Eleanor Roosevelt and Jessie Vann with three other women
  • Title
  • Eleanor Roosevelt and Jessie Vann with three other women
  • Creator
  • Harris, Charles Teenie
  • Date
  • ca. 1944
  • Identifier
  • 1996.69.341
  • Source Identifier
  • Carnegie Museum of Art 1996.69.341
  • Description
  • Eleanor Roosevelt visited Pittsburgh twice in 1944, once in February and again in May. This may be the February visit, as one of the women is wearing a fur coat. Jessie Vann at far left was the widow of Robert L. Vann, publisher of the Pittsburgh Courier. Following her husband's death in 1940, she was the newspaper's major stockholder until its sale in 1965.
  • Type
  • still image
  • Genre
  • photographs
  • Subject
  • Women--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
    Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1884-1962.
    Vann, Jessie, 1889-1967.
    Housing--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
    Interiors--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
  • Source
  • Teenie Harris Photograph Collection, 1920-1970
  • Contributor
  • Carnegie Museum of Art
  • Collection
  • Teenie Harris Photographs
  • Rights Information
  • In Copyright. This Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. For other uses you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s).. Rights Holder: Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh
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  • Rights Holder
  • Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh