Dr. and Mrs. Alva Curtis Garrott, Sr. and their three children, Glendale, circa 1905

Item Overview

Title

Dr. and Mrs. Alva Curtis Garrott, Sr. and their three children, Glendale, circa 1905

Alternative title

Dr. A.C. Garrott and family

Date Created

[circa 1905]

Date

1905

Collection

Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Notes

Description

The Garrott family together outside of their house: Dr. Alva Garrott, Sr. (father), Robert Garrott, Lillie Garrott (mother), Miriam Garrott, and Alva Garrott.
Dr. Alva Curtis Alva Garrott married Lillie Dejarnette in 1893. Dr. Garrott earned degrees in Pharmacy and Dentistry at Howard University in Washington, D. C. before bringing his family to Los Angeles in 1901, becoming this city's first Negro dentist.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Keywords

Genre

photographs

Names

Garrott, Robert W., 1899-1976
Garrott, Alva, 1894-1983
Garrott, Lilli, D., 1871-1916
Garrott, Miriam, b. 1897
Garrott, Alva C. (Alva Curtis), 1866-1952

Subject Geographic

Los Angeles (Calif.)

Resource type

still image

Subjects

African American dentists
African American families