Dr. Vada Somerville with two other women, circa 1940s

Item Overview

Title

Dr. Vada Somerville with two other women, circa 1940s

Alternative title

Somerville community activities (1)

Date Created

[1940s]

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.
Portrait of Dr. Vada Somerville, seated in a room of a house, with two women standing behind her.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Keywords

Genre

Portrait photographs

African American dentists
African American civil rights workers

Names

Somerville, Vada, 1885-1972

Resource type

still image