Violet Hooker with Mt Hood in the background. The picture has text that reads Vye. Aug. 14 - 27. Mt. Hood. Violet Hooker was a talented soprano who performed regularly on KGW and at various fundraisers organized by local women’s groups. During her 30 year career as a singer she was a soloist in the choirs of First AME Zion and Woodlawn Methodist Church. She frequently shared bills with local civil rights leader Beatrice Morrow Cannady (a noted mezzo-soprano) and her sister Gwendolyn, who was known for her talent as an elocutionist. Gwendolyn and Violet also operated a business called Flower Mecca out of the family home at 6126 NE Halsey into the 1960s. A Portland Family Album - 1995 exhibition at Blue Sky Gallery. http://www.blueskygallery.org/exhibition/a-portland-family-album-self-portrait-of-an-african–american-community/#1.