Count Basie and others at the Plantation Club, Los Angeles, 1940s

Summary: Rex Ingram was an actor.
Avanelle Harris at one time was a dancer in the Cotton Club Cuties chorus line. She also performed with the Mosetti Trio act. She was married to Annanias, of the Berry Brothers
Alice Key was a showgirl who later became a journalist, community activist, and political leader.
William "Count" Basie was an American jazz pianist, organist, bandleader and composer.
Nelson Creswell was the owner of the Cress Bar in 1947, was known as a fastidious dresser and was frequently mentioned in social reporting in the Los Angeles Sentinel. According to Walter Gordon, Jr., he was known as someone who occasionally sold goods door to door, and who never squealed on anyone as to where they got something.
Mae Johnson was an actress, dancer and showgirl.
Maudine Simmons Creswell may have been married to Nelson Creswell; she answered to either Maudine Simmons or Maudine Creswell.
Charlotte (West) Strickland was the wife of Dr. Strickland of Philadelphia (possibly Wilbur H. Strickland?).
Description: All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.
Seated, left to right: Actress and dancer Mae Johnson, Nelson Creswell, Maudine Simmons, unidentified woman, Avanelle Harris, Alyce Key, Charlotte Strickland (light-colored flowers in hair), and Catherine Basie. Standing, left to right: Halley Harding, Rex Ingram and Count Basie.
The Plantation Club was located at 108th St. and S. Central Avenue.

Genre: Black-and-white photographs
Names: Key, Alyce, 1911-2010
Basie, Catherine Morgan, 1914-1983
Creswell, Nelson
Harding, Halley, 1904-1967
Creswell, Maudine Simmons, b. 1912 or 13
Johnson, Mae, 1916-1999
Basie, Count, 1904-1984
Harris, Avanelle, b. 1917
Ingram, Rex, 1895-1969
Plantation Club (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Location: California--Los Angeles
Longitude: 33.9382936
Latitude: -118.2541851
Resource type: still image
Subjects: Lifestyle
People; African American jazz musicians--California--Los Angeles
Nightclubs--California--Los Angeles

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library Special Collections
Local Identifier: Collection 1867 Box 3 Folder 4
YRLSC_gordonphotos_0501
501
ARK: ark:/21198/zz0025pkk4
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