Dr. John Alexander Somerville, 1950s-1960s
Item Overview
- Title
- Dr. John Alexander Somerville, 1950s-1960s
- Alternative title
- Dr. John Somerville, dentist and civic leader
- Date Created
- [1940-1960]
- Date
- 1950/1970
- Collection
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Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Notes
- Description
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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.
Studio portrait of Dr. John A. Somerville.
Physical Description
- Extent
- 1 photograph
Keywords
- Genre
- Portrait photographs
- Names
- Somerville, John Alexander, 1881-1973
- Resource type
- still image
- Subjects
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African American civil rights workers
African American businesspeople
African American dentists