Title

Mason, Bertha

Description

Bertha Mason was involved in the Carr-Spuare and Vaughn public housing rent strike in 1969. She was a florist and the owner of Mason's Flowers. This portrait is part of the Alpha Kappa Alpha Collection, which documents the exhibit ""Career Achievements Among Black Women in St. Louis, Missouri"" in 1974.

Creator

Unidentified

Subject

St. Louis Black American History

Black American Career Achievements

Divine Nine Sororities

Bertha Mason

Mason's Flowers

Activist

Protest

St. Louis History

Rights

In copyright - rightholders unidentifiable

Date

1974

Format

.jpg

Identifier

S0101_15

Medium

Black and white 8x10 photographic print, safety film negative

Source

State Historical Society of Missouri - Saint Louis, Alpha Kappa Alpha: Career Achievements Among Black Women in St. Louis, Missouri collection