- Collection:
- Boyd Lewis Photographs
- Title:
- Ethel Matthews at Emmaus House
- Creator:
- Lewis, Boyd, 1944-
- Date of Original:
- 1970/1980
- Subject:
- African Americans--1970-1980
Eyeglasses
Activists--Georgia--Atlanta
Women--1970-1980
Clothing and dress--1970-1980
Living room furniture
Gifts
Jewelry--1970-1980
Social settlements
Episcopal Church--Parish missions
Atlanta Welfare Rights Organization
Matthews, Ethel M., 1933-2005
Emmaus House (Atlanta, Ga.) - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, Peoplestown, 33.72788, -84.3852
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- View of Ethel Matthews (right), the founder of the Atlanta Welfare Rights Organization, and an unidentified woman at Emmaus House in the Peoplestown neighborhood of Atlanta, Georgia.
Ethel Mae Matthews was the founder and first president of the Atlanta Welfare Rights Organization and was a persistent advocate for the poor, the elderly, and children. - Local Identifier:
- VIS 101.223.007
ahc101223007.jpg - Metadata URL:
- https://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/digital/collection/byd/id/419
- IIIF manifest:
- https://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/iiif/2/byd:419/manifest.json
- Rights Holder:
- This material is protected by copyright law. (Title 17, U. S. Code) Permission for use must be cleared through The Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center. Licensing agreement may be required.
- Extent:
- 35 mm black and white negative
- Original Collection:
- Boyd Lewis Photographs, Atlanta History Center
- Holding Institution:
- Atlanta History Center
- Rights:
-
