Portrait of Walter W. Johnson Henry Ulke, 278 Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, D.C

Photograph shows Walter W. Johnson (1836-1879), civil engineer, explorer, surveyor, and teacher of freedmen in Washington, D.C. Johnson died from a fall in a Virginia mine in 1879. He was adopted by noted scientist Walter R. Johnson and Nancy Johnson, an inventor, missionary and teacher. The family is buried at Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.

The text "Walter W. Johnson killed by falling down the shaft of a mine in Va. 25 Jan., 1879" written on front of photograph.
Photograph is housed in an album. Album page has decorative gold borders framing the print.
Collection of the Library of Congress and the National Museum of African American History & Culture.
Purchased by the Library of Congress and the National Museum of African American History and Culture; Swann Galleries; 2017.
Formerly owned by Emily Howland.
Forms part of the Emily Howland photograph album, p. 6.