Dr. John A. Somerville and three couples standing in a yard, 1950s

Item Overview

Title

Dr. John A. Somerville and three couples standing in a yard, 1950s

Alternative title

Somerville community activities (2)

Date Created

[1950s]

Date

1950/1960

Collection

Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Notes

Description

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.
Dr. John A. Somerville (standing, right), with three standing men and three seated women in a patio or back yard.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Keywords

Genre

Portrait photographs

Names

Somerville, John Alexander, 1881-1973

Resource type

still image

Subjects

African American civil rights workers
African American businesspeople
African American dentists