Dr. Judy Wellington Rashid shared these photos she took during a visit with Rev. Hattie Daniels‘ daughter Deborah R. Daniels in 1981, two years after Rev. Daniels’ death.
This remarkable framed portrait depicts Rev. Daniels as a young preacher, circa late 1920s or early 1930s. [In my years of searching for and collecting early 20th-century African-American photographic portraits, I have never seen one like this. I fervently hope that this one is safe somewhere with the Daniels family.]
Below, Rev. Daniels’ house at 908 Wainwright Avenue. Just visible behind it, at left, is the building that housed her Golden Rule kindergarten. It has been demolished. Rev. Daniels’ house is now empty and boarded up, and the boxwood hedge, ornamental tree, and small front garden have been ripped out.
The view from Rev. Daniels’ porch toward a line of endways (“shotgun”) houses on the south end of Vick Street. The houses were originally on South East Street. In the early 1970s, when Wiggins Street was eliminated for the extension of Hines Street across newly built Renfro Bridge, East was cut off from Hines by a barricade, and the continuation of Vick across Hines was slightly rerouted. Only three of the endways remain — on the Hines end of the block. All have been renovated within the last twenty or so years.
Many thanks to Dr. Judy W. Rashid.
What an amazing picture. I hope someone shares the original with you.
She was a woman of hard work, distinction, class, and dedication. She was thoroughly committed to her community and definitely to the education of primary children who often had meager means. She was teacher, principal, nutritionist, business manager, director of community relations , etc., all at the same time. I was under her tutelage as a five year old and tried my best, beginning as a 21 year old teacher, to emulate her teaching style and humanistic care over my 41 years as an educator which included K-12 and higher education. She left an indelible mark on me, and I am grateful that I got to let her know before she transitioned. May she rest in eternal peace.