Thelma Johnson Streat

One People in One World

Streat sits before one of her paintings, September 1951, Oreg. Hist. Soc. Research Lib., Oregon Journal, by Mel Junghans, bb003855 © Courtesy of Thelma Johnson Streat Project / Oregonian archive (Colourized by Angela Rose Design)

Thelma Johnson Streat was born on August 29, 1912, in Yakima in Washington State, the daughter of artist James Johnson and his…