<I>Washington D. C. Councilwoman at Large Hilda Mason of the D. C. Statehood Party in her office in the District Building</I>
date: label: Date
content: July 25, 1983
name: label: Photograph by
content: Milton Williams, American, born 1940
label: Subject of
content: Hilda Howland Minnis Mason, American, 1916 - 2007
notes: label: Caption
content: Councilwoman At-Large Hilda Mason of the D.C. Statehood Party in her office in the District Building. Ms. Mason worked extensively in the D.C. public school system as a teacher, counselor, supervising instructor, and assistant principal. In 1972 she was elected to represent Ward Four on the D.C. Board of Education where she served until 1977. She also founded the Ward Four Council on Education during that time. On April 2, 1977, Ms. Mason was appointed to the city council to fill the vacancy left by the death of Julius W. Hobson. When she completed that term in 1978, she was elected to serve a full term of her own. Since that time, she has been elected to three other terms on the Council and has served as Chairperson of the Committee on Education and Libraries since 1981. I could count on seeing her in at least six different places on the weekends when I was out working and taking photographs. She always says she’s everybody’s grandmother. July 25, 1983.
label: Caption
content: Milton Williams, Moments in Time, 1973-1993 (Nashville: James C. Winston Publishing Co., 1996), 141.
label: Description
content: A black-and-white photograph of Hilda Mason, D.C. councilwoman seated at her desk. Behind her, the wall is covered in framed photographs and plaques. The photograph is stamped and inscribed on the back.
place: label: Place depicted
content: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Government
label: Topic
content: Local and regional
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Politics
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Photographs and Still Images
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Milton Williams Archives
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2011.15.95
objectType: label: Type
content: gelatin silver prints
label: Type
content: portraits
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Milton Williams
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Image): 13 15/16 x 9 1/4 in. (35.4 x 23.5 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Sheet): 13 15/16 x 11 1/16 in. (35.4 x 28.1 cm)