Clara B. White owned and lived in the duplex at 729-731 22nd Avenue in the Central District of Seattle. She was a seamstress and was one of the first African-American women to own property in Seattle. The education wing at the First African Metodist Episcopal Church is named after her, as she was a Sunday School teacher there for 60 years. This photo shows Clara White with two children on the porch of her home.
ID Number: 2000.30.2
Date: Circa 1975
Physical Description: 1 Polaroid photograph : color ; 3.5 x 4.25
Additional Information: A dramatic gray wool coat designed and worn by Clara White was featured in the MOHAI exhibit Seattle Style: Fashion/Function in 2019. The coat can be viewed in our digital collection here: https://mohai.org/collections-and-research/collections-search/?primaryKey=2000.30.1&moduleName=collections&recordId=2046
