About this Collection
All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.
Collection Overview
Date Created
1940s
Extent
photographs
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Repository
Local identifier
Collection 2270
ARK
ark:/21198/zz002311rn
Opac url
https://catalog.library.ucla.edu/vwebv/holdingsInfo?bibId=6776673
Finding Aid URL
MANIFEST URL
Access Condition
Rights contact
UCLA Charles E. Young Research Library Department of Special Collections, A1713 Young Research Library, Box 951575, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575. E-mail: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu. Phone: (310)825-4988
Notes
Description
Collection of approximately 800 digitized photographs and other items collected by Walter L. Gordon, Jr. and given to William C. Beverly, Jr., who donated the collection to UCLA. Collection includes photos given to Walter by his former boss, Charlotta Bass, publisher of the California Eagle, as well as other photos he collected. Photos largely depict African American social life and family life in 1940s Los Angeles and feature celebrities, athletes, politicians, lawyers, and other notable people of the era.
Physical Description
Extent
photographs
Keywords
Subjects
Subject geographic
Los Angeles (Calif.) $x History $y 20th century.
Los Angeles (Calif.) $x Social life and customs.
Los Angeles (Calif.) $x Social life and customs.
Location