National Museum of African American History and Culture
List of attendees of the launching of the S.S. Harriet Tubman
Eva Stewart Northrup, American, 1890 - 1964 · June 3, 1944
A handwritten list of attendees at the launching of the S.S. Harriet Tubman, mounted on a black paper page of a bound photograph album commemorating the event owned by Harriet Tubman's niece, Eva Stewart Northrup. Likely written by Northrup, the note is in black and blue ink on off-white paper. At the top, [S.S. "Harriet Tubman" / South Portland Maine / June 3 1944 at 9am]. Below is a list of names of women, including Vivian Carter Mason and Mary Church Terrell, along with several women identified as grand-niece and great grand-nieces of Tubman.
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