Choir of St. Philip's Episcopal Church, Los Angeles, circa 1928

Item Overview

Title

Choir of St. Philip's Episcopal Church, Los Angeles, circa 1928

Alternative title

St. Philip's Episcopal Church, Los Angeles

Date Created

[circa 1928]

Date

1928

Collection

Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Notes

Description

Group portrait of the choir of St. Phillips Episcopal Church with youths and young adults dressed in white robes, the women wearing graduation hats with tassels. Five altar boys are seated in front on the grass.
Saint Philip's Episcopal Church was founded in 1910 on Paloma St.

Caption

Written on back of photo: St. Phillips Episcopal Church choir- 1915? Paloma Avenue. Standing from left: (1) Bernard Gray, (2) Tom Pollock, (4) John Gray, (5) Ernest Russell, (6) Eddie Douglas, (7) Howard Allen, (8) Patterson, (9) Marion Forsythe, (11) Allie Hill, (12) Webb King. Seated from left: (1) Gladys Riddle (Neal) Butler (later Mrs. Lionel Hampton), (2) Maude Vantage, (3) ____ Kimes, (4) Jeannie Baker, (6) Beulah Hall Wyndon, (7) Ethel Gray, (8) Lillian Weinberg Kelson, (9) Vivian Campbell. Altar boys: (3) Kenneth Levy

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Keywords

Genre

group portraits

Names

King, Web, 1896-1984
Forsythe, Marion
Gray, Ethel O., 1897-1970
Vantage, Maude
Allen, Howard
Gray, Bernard Godfrey, 1894-1997
Gray, John Andrew, 1889-1959
Levy, Kenneth
St. Phillips Church (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Hill, Allie
Wyndon, Beulah Hall, 1901-1952
Russell, Ernest
Douglas, Eddie
Kelson, Lillian Weinberg
Hampton, Gladys Riddle, 1913-1971
Campbell, Vivian
Baker, Jeannie
Pollock, Tom

Subject Geographic

Los Angeles (Calif.)

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Acolytes
African American churches
African American choirs