Dr. R. Stillman Smith and Cynthiabelle Gordon Smith on their wedding day at the Somerville home, Los Angeles, 1947

Item Overview

Title

Dr. R. Stillman Smith and Cynthiabelle Gordon Smith on their wedding day at the Somerville home, Los Angeles, 1947

Alternative title

Friends and relatives of Somervilles

Date Created

[1947]

Date

1947

Collection

Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Notes

Description

Cynthiabelle Gordon Smith was born Cynthiabelle Black in Americus, Georgia. Her father was Alfred Black and her brother was Junior G. Black. She married the dentist, Dr. Isadore C. Mitchell (April 30, 1925). Shortly after, he completed dental school at Howard University and then moved to Los Angeles. In 1934, she moved to Washington, D.C. seeking work, and divorced Mitchell in 1936. In 1937 she was working for the U. S. Public Health Service in Washington, D. C. She married the physician Dr. Wilbur Gordon (possibly in 1942) and was widowed. She married Dr. R. Stillman Smith in 1947.
R. Stillman Smith was a physician who lived in Macon, Georgia.
Dr. R. Stillman Smith and Cynthiabelle Gordon Smith cutting their wedding cake at the home of Drs. Vada and John Somerville.

Caption

Written on back of photo: Wedding cake, Dr. and Mrs. P. Stillman, (?)

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Keywords

Genre

photographs

Names

Smith, Cynthiabelle Gordon, 1894 or 95-1978
Smith, R. Stillman (Relliford Stillman), 1889-1965

Subject Geographic

Los Angeles (Calif.)

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Socialites
African American couples
African American physicians
Weddings