"Emigrant Labourers Protection Law, 1893" exit permit of John A. Somerville, 1902

Item Overview

Title

"Emigrant Labourers Protection Law, 1893" exit permit of John A. Somerville, 1902

Alternative title

Photo prints of documents relating to Somervilles

Date Created

January 10, 1902

Date

1902-01-10

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.
Emigration permit for John A. Somerville to travel from Jamaica to California (1902).

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Keywords

Genre

photographs

Names

Somerville, John Alexander, 1881-1973

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Exit permits (Emigration)