Annie Holland, Age 17, Seventeenth Street Mission, Richmond, VA

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Title

Annie Holland, Age 17, Seventeenth Street Mission, Richmond, VA

Description

Photograph on postcard of a young African American woman named Annie Holland, standing in front of the Seventeenth Street Mission in Richmond, VA. Se wears a long dress with a jacket. Her hands are clasped behind her back. 

Notes on the front of the card give her age as 17 and note her many accomplishments in a single year of study. They read:

"17th St. Mission Richmond, Va.
Annie Holland Age - 17.
Has recited twice, perfectly, wk. apart.
C[hild's] Cat[echism] 145 q[uestions]
Sh[orter] Cat[echism] 25 q[uestions]
Lords Prayer
Beatitudes
A[postles] Creed
10 Com[mandments]
Is 53
I Cor 13
Eccl 12
Matt 5.6.7
Ps 1, 15, 19, 23
91, 100, 121
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All within
12 months"

Creator

unknown

Source

Seventeenth Street Mission Collection, Special Collections, William Smith Morton Library, Union Presbyterian Seminary

Date

ca. 1914

Contributor

Union Presbyterian Seminary Library

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Citation

unknown, “Annie Holland, Age 17, Seventeenth Street Mission, Richmond, VA,” Social Welfare History Image Portal, accessed December 21, 2024, https://images.socialwelfare.library.vcu.edu/items/show/218.