Frank R. Jackson papers

Anacostia Community Museum

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Object Details

Summary

This collection, which dates from circa 1932-1999, documents the personal and professional life of Frank R. Jackson, as well as daily life in Anacostia. Materials include color and black-and-white photographs, negatives, clippings, programs, certificates, scrapbooks, programs, and crossword puzzles. Many of the photographs depict the dismantling of the Frederick Douglass housing project and the construction of Henson Ridge.

sova.acma.06-068

GUID

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/qa7d3133039-b858-4d84-afc7-5bb9afda7931

Creator

Jackson, Frank R., 1908-2007

Place

Anacostia (Washington, D.C.)

Topic

African American photographers

African Americans -- Social life and customs

African Americans -- Washington (D.C.)

Public housing

Creator

Jackson, Frank R., 1908-2007

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Biographical/Historical note

Frank Roscoe Jackson was born in Washington, D.C. in 1908. He was a 1925 graduate of Dunbar High School and went on to attend Miner Normal School (Miner Teacher's College) and taught for two years in Crisfield, MD. In 1933, he married Florence Thomas and the family moved to Anacostia, where Jackson would live for the rest of his life. In addition to working for the U.S. Printing Office for 40 years, Jackson became a professional photographer in the 1950s, operating a studio on Benning Road. In the late 1990s, Jackson was included in a Washington Times article about oral histories compiled by the D.C. Historical Society. Jackson also constructed crossword puzzles for the Washington Post for over 25 years. He died in 2007 at the age of 99.