Add to ORKGPortrait of Matilda Dunbar, mother of poet Paul Laurence Dunbar, ca. 1890-1910. Matilda was born a slave in Fayette County, Kentucky. She instilled in her son Paul a love of poetry. During her life, she worked as a washerwoman to support her family. Among her customers were the family of Orville and Wilbur Wright. Matilda died in Dayton, Ohio, on February 24, 1934
Photograph of Paul Laurence Dunbar with a female friend on the lawn beside his home in Dayton, Ohio,...
Photograph of author Paul Laurence Dunbar on horseback, ca. 1890-1906. A note written on the back o...
Photograph of a bookcase and other furniture at the Dunbar House, ca. 1938. This home, at 219 N. Pau...
Photograph of Matilda Dunbar, mother of Paul Laurence Dunbar, sitting in a rocker with her cane, ca....
Portrait of poet Paul Laurence Dunbar with his mother, Matilda Dunbar, Dayton, Ohio, ca. 1890-1900. ...
Photograph of Matilda Dunbar sitting in a rocker, holding a book, ca. 1900-1930. A former slave fr...
Paul Laurence Dunbar, seated center, and his mother Matilda, seated in rocking chair, pictured with ...
Portrait of Paul Laurence Dunbar, ca. 1890-1900. Josephine Watkins Lehman, known to Dunbar as "Aunt ...
Paul Laurence Dunbar, seated center, and his mother Matilda, seated in rocking chair, pictured with ...
Portrait of Paul Laurence Dunbar by photographer Estella Kile, Dayton, Ohio, February 1904. He was b...
Matilda Dunbar visiting the grave of her son, Paul Laurence Dunbar at Woodland Cemetery in Dayton, O...
This 8" by 10" (20.3 by 25.4 cm) photograph depicts the house of Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872-1906). ...
Portrait of Paul Laurence Dunbar hanging above the fireplace in the Dunbar House, ca. 1938. This hom...
Home of poet Paul Laurence Dunbar at 219 N. Paul Laurence Dunbar Street in Dayton, Ohio, ca. 1940-19...
Photograph of two young girls seated on a chair in the parlor of the Dunbar House, ca. 1938. This ho...
Photograph of Paul Laurence Dunbar with a female friend on the lawn beside his home in Dayton, Ohio,...
Photograph of author Paul Laurence Dunbar on horseback, ca. 1890-1906. A note written on the back o...
Photograph of a bookcase and other furniture at the Dunbar House, ca. 1938. This home, at 219 N. Pau...
Photograph of Matilda Dunbar, mother of Paul Laurence Dunbar, sitting in a rocker with her cane, ca....
Portrait of poet Paul Laurence Dunbar with his mother, Matilda Dunbar, Dayton, Ohio, ca. 1890-1900. ...
Photograph of Matilda Dunbar sitting in a rocker, holding a book, ca. 1900-1930. A former slave fr...
Paul Laurence Dunbar, seated center, and his mother Matilda, seated in rocking chair, pictured with ...
Portrait of Paul Laurence Dunbar, ca. 1890-1900. Josephine Watkins Lehman, known to Dunbar as "Aunt ...
Paul Laurence Dunbar, seated center, and his mother Matilda, seated in rocking chair, pictured with ...
Portrait of Paul Laurence Dunbar by photographer Estella Kile, Dayton, Ohio, February 1904. He was b...
Matilda Dunbar visiting the grave of her son, Paul Laurence Dunbar at Woodland Cemetery in Dayton, O...
This 8" by 10" (20.3 by 25.4 cm) photograph depicts the house of Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872-1906). ...
Portrait of Paul Laurence Dunbar hanging above the fireplace in the Dunbar House, ca. 1938. This hom...
Home of poet Paul Laurence Dunbar at 219 N. Paul Laurence Dunbar Street in Dayton, Ohio, ca. 1940-19...
Photograph of two young girls seated on a chair in the parlor of the Dunbar House, ca. 1938. This ho...
Photograph of Paul Laurence Dunbar with a female friend on the lawn beside his home in Dayton, Ohio,...
Photograph of author Paul Laurence Dunbar on horseback, ca. 1890-1906. A note written on the back o...
Photograph of a bookcase and other furniture at the Dunbar House, ca. 1938. This home, at 219 N. Pau...