Martha Graham (age 2)

Photograph of Martha Graham at the age of 2. Martha Graham was born on May 11,1894 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to parents George and Jennie Graham. She was the eldest of four children: sisters Mary, Geordie, and a brother William. At the turn of the century, Pittsburgh was a heavy producing steel factory city with an atmosphere that was layered in smoke and soot. Martha remembered it as, "spun entirely of evening and dark thread."

Photograph from the Collection of Martha Graham.