Image / "Kate Sanderson Degrasse" (probably Kate J. Grases) as a young woman, 1890-1910

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Title: "Kate Sanderson Degrasse" (probably Kate J. Grases) as a young woman, 1890-1910
Alternative Title: Kate Sanderson Degrasse
Date Created and/or Issued: [1890-1910]
1890/1910
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
Rights Information: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu
Description: Studio portrait of young "Kate Sandersen De Grasse" (probably Kate J. Grases) in a white dress, wearing an elaborate hat.
Kate J. Grases (Katherine Jefferson Grases), was the daughter of Mary J. Grases, and the granddaughter of J. B. Sanderson, abolitionist and minister of the First A.M.E. Church in Oakland. Newspapers in northern California report her performances as a soprano and a soprano jubilee singer from 1890 to 1918.
Written on back of photo: Kate Sanderson De Grasse
Type: image
Identifier: uclalsc_1889_b19_f04_002a.tif
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Subject: African American singers
Grases, Kate J. (Kate Jefferson), 1871-1965
Source: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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