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Title
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Passport photograph of Agnes Upshur and Georgine Upshur
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Description
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An insert from Agnes Upshur’s (1896-1984) day journal “My Trip Abroad.” The insert features her passport with a photograph of her and her young daughter Georgine Elizabeth Upshur.
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Agnes Upshur was born in 1896 to Georgine (née Saunders) and Charles Sanders Chew in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She was one of three children. Agnes Chew married William A. Upshur, Jr. (1894-1963) in 1918. Agnes Upshur was a teacher in the Philadelphia public school system.
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Georgine “Gene” Elizabeth Upshur Willis (1921-1998) was born to Agnes and William A. Upshur, Jr. in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on September 3, 1921.
Georgine attended the Philadelphia High School for Girls from which she graduated on June 16, 1939. During her time there, she was a distinguished student.
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Rights
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This work is not in copyright, but commercial uses of this digital representation are limited. For more information, contact printroom@librarycompany.org and see http://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-NC/1.0/
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Creator
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Willis, Georgine Upshur
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Format
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Text
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Language
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eng
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Spatial Coverage
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Philadelphia, PA
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Publisher
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The Library Company of Philadelphia
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Contributor
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Library Company of Philadelphia
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Extent
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2 pages
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Identifier
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P.2022.16.78
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Date Created
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1932
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Is Part Of
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Stevens-Cogdell/Sanders Venning Collection - Upshur Willis Collection_Georgine E. Upshur Willis collection_scsv-p-2022-16-78-passport-p4
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Subject
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African American women
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Middle class African Americans
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Mothers and daughters
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Passports
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transcription
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Photograph of bearer
PHOTOGRAPH ATTACHED
DEPARTMENT OF STATE
WASHINGTON
This passport is good for travel in all countries unless otherwise limited. This passport is valid for two years from the date of issue unless limited to a shorter period.
Passport photograph of Agnes Upshur and Georgine Upshur 
