Bowdoin family, Los Angeles, circa 1940

Item Overview

Title

Bowdoin family, Los Angeles, circa 1940

Alternative title

Lorenzo Bowdoin, NAACP leader

Photographer

Cloud's Studio, L. A.

Date Created

[circa 1940]

Date

1940

Collection

Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Notes

Description

Lorenzo Bowdoin was a Los Angeles businessman, civic leader, philanthropist and NAACP leader. One of the first three black clerks hired by the Los Angeles Post Office in 1906, he worked there for 38 years and improved hiring and promotion policies for blacks. He was one of the organizers of Angelus Mortuary (1925) and was the treasurer for many years. He was also a member of the board of directors of the Haitian Coffee Co. He was active in many civic organizations including the Metropolitan YMCA.
Portrait of the Bowdoin family. Seated, left to right: Frankie Bowdoin, Frances Bowdoin, and Lorenzo Bowdoin. Standing: Lorenzo Bowdoin (Jr.).

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Keywords

Genre

Portrait photographs

Names

Bowdoin, Frances Lillian, 1916-1996
Bowdoin, Lorenzo, 1913-2006
Bowdoin, Lorenzo, 1886-1972
Bowdoin, Frankie, 1886-1952

Subject Geographic

Los Angeles (Calif.)

Resource type

still image

Subjects

African American businesspeople