Yvonne Brathwaite Burke, with her family, being sworn in as Los Angeles County Supervisor by Jerry Brown, Calif., 1979

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Title: Yvonne Brathwaite Burke, with her family, being sworn in as Los Angeles County Supervisor by Jerry Brown, Calif., 1979
Photographer: Cox, Bruce H.
Date Created: June 19, 1979
Publisher: Los Angeles Times
Language: No linguistic content
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Notes

Caption: NEW SUPERVISOR--Yvonne Brathwaite Burke, recently appointed to the Los Angeles county Board of Supervisors, is sworn in by Gov. Brown in a Los Angeles ceremony. Holding Bible (behind Brown) is the Rev. William H. Graves. Joining the ceremony were Mrs. Burke's children, Christine, 11, and Autumn, 5, and husband, William Burke. She succeeds James A. Hayes.

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Extent: 1 photograph
Dimensions: 35 mm.
Medium: b&w negative

Keywords

Genre: news photographs
Subjects: African American women politicians
Oaths--California--Los Angeles
People
Governors--California
Names: Los Angeles County (Calif.). Board of Supervisors
Burke, Yvonne Brathwaite
Brown, Jerry, 1938- (Calif. Governor : 1975-1983)
Location: Los Angeles County (Calif.)--Officials and employees
Resource type: still image

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