African American youth in a band, Los Angeles, undated

Item Overview

Title

African American youth in a band, Los Angeles, undated

Alternative title

Scenes on Central Avenue

Date Created

[undated]

Collection

Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Notes

Description

Group of seven children (11-15 years old) playing various musical instruments including saxophones, a piano, and a drum. More older children look in from a doorway. This is probably in the area of Central Avenue.
Central Avenue is a major north-south thoroughfare in the central portion of the Los Angeles metropolitan area. From approximately 1920 to 1955, Central Avenue was the heart of the African-American community in Los Angeles, with active rhythm and blues and jazz music scenes.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Keywords

Genre

photographs

Subject Geographic

Los Angeles (Calif.)

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Central Avenue (Los Angeles, Calif.)
African American musicians
African American students