Joseph Douglass

In the 1894 photograph, Frederick Douglass is shown with his grandson, Joseph. He studied violin and gained fame at the World’s Columbian Exposition in 1893. Joseph Douglass traveled across the country and taught at several schools. He passed away in 1935.

Image: “Cabinet card of Frederick Douglass with his grandson Joseph Douglass” by Denis Bourdon for the Notman Photo Company (1894). From the collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Dr. Charlene Hodges Byrd