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Title
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Georgine Upshur Willis, William Willis, and Agnes Saunders Chew Upshur in formal attire during Christmas holiday
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Description
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A black and white photograph featuring Georgine Upshur Willis (1921-1998), her husband William Shedrick Willis, Jr., (1921-1983) and her mother Agnes Saunders Chew Upshur (1896-1924) in formal attire during the Christmas holiday.
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Georgine “Gene” Elizabeth Upshur Willis was born to Agnes and William A. Upshur, Jr. in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on September 3, 1921. Georgine graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1943. After Georgine passed the state morticians exam around 1949, she partnered with her father at the William A. Upshur, Jr. Funeral Home in West Philadelphia.
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Anthropologist and ethnohistorian William Shedrick Willis, Jr. was born to Eloise Margaret and William Shedrick Willis on July 11, 1921, in Waco, Texas. Willis received a B.A. in History from Howard University in 1942 and a Ph.D. in Anthropology from Columbia University in 1955. (Association of Black Anthropologists, “William Shedrick Willis, Jr. (1921-1983).”)
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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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Contributor
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The Library Company of Philadelphia
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Date Created
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(c. 1950)
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Creator
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Willis, Georgine Upshur
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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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Identifier
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P.2022.16.43
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Language
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eng
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Format
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Image
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Extent
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1 image
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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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Is Part Of
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Stevens-Cogdell/Sanders Venning Collection - Upshur Willis Collection_Georgine E. Upshur Willis collection_P.2022.16.43
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Subject
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Christmas
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Holidays
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Middle class African Americans
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Photographs
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Bibliographic Citation
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Association of Black Anthropologists. “William Shedrick Willis, Jr. (1921-1983).” Accessed January 28, 2026. https://aba.americananthro.org/william-shedrick-willis-jr-1921-1983/.
Georgine Upshur Willis, William Willis, and Agnes Saunders Chew in formal attire during Christmas holiday 
