Mattie Scott (Nelson) and family, Los Angeles, circa 1905

Item Overview

Title

Mattie Scott (Nelson) and family, Los Angeles, circa 1905

Alternative title

Mattie Scott Nelson and family

Date Created

[circa 1905]

Date

1905

Collection

Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Notes

Description

Scott family at home at 757 San Julian Street, Los Angeles. The woman with the little girl might be Bertha Scott Glenn and her daughter Berthella. The woman seated directly behind her is probably Mattie Scott (Nelson). The other women might be two of the other four Scott sisters, who were Lettie, May and Nellie. One of the men might be Bertha's husband, William Glenn.
Related to Lora Toombs Scott family. Mattie Scott Nelson, a civic leader, served as the Secretary of the YMCA for ten years from 1927 to 1937.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Keywords

Genre

photographs

Names

Brooks, Berthella Glenn, 1902-1935
Glenn, William, 1876-1936
Glen, Bertha Scott, b. 1878 or 79

Subject Geographic

Los Angeles (Calif.)

Longitude

34.040074

Latitude

-118.248845

Resource type

still image

Subjects

African American families