Dr. John Alexander Somerville, 1940s-1950s
Item Overview
- Title
- Dr. John Alexander Somerville, 1940s-1950s
- Alternative title
- Dr. John Somerville, dentist and civic leader
- Date Created
- [1940-1960]
- Date
- 1940/1960
- Collection
-
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Notes
- Description
-
Studio portrait of Dr. John A. Somerville.
Dr. John Somerville, born in Jamaica, was the first black graduate of USC School of Dentistry (1907). He married Vada Jetmore Watson (1912), who also became a dentist. He built the Somerville Hotel (1928), was instrumental in the founding of the Los Angeles chapter of NAACP (1914), and served on the Police Commission 1949-1953.
Physical Description
- Extent
- 1 photograph
Keywords
- Genre
- Portrait photographs
- Names
- Somerville, John Alexander, 1881-1973
- Resource type
- still image
- Subjects
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African American civil rights workers
African American businesspeople
African American dentists