Group of "well-behaved women," Los Angeles, 1940s

Item Overview

Title

Group of "well-behaved women," Los Angeles, 1940s

Date Created

[between 1940 and 1949?]

Date

1940/1949

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Notes

Summary

Gertrude Gipson Penland was an syndicated columnist, editor, nightclub owner, publicist, and civil rights activist. She was a columnist and entertainment editor for the California Eagle and, then, for the Los Angeles Sentinel.
Mabel Bernice Scott was an American gospel music and R&B vocalist. She arrived on the West Coast blues scene in 1942. Mabel is most remembered for her 1948 hits "Elevator Boogie" and "Boogie Woogie Santa Claus."
Leontyne King and her husband, Celestus A. King, were influential members of African American society from the 1940s to the 1970s. She was active in a number of business, governmental, religious, and community activities. She was a three-term member of the Los Angeles Public Library Commission, where she worked to get more jobs for black librarians. After being named to the Los Angeles Sentinel's list of best-dressed women for many years, she was retired to their "Hall of Fame."
Beulah Honore, a former dancer with the Regalettes in Chicago, and also an interior designer and milliner, was married to Gideon Honore, a member of Duke Ellington's orchestra.
Liz McCullough was a woman who came came to Los Angeles to visit her boyfriend (he had moved from Chicago to L.A. to start a tombstone business).

Description

A group of well-behaved women; nice, serious girls. Back far left: Gertrude Gipson-Penland. Back second from left: Leontyne King. Back third from left: Beulah Honoré. Second row, second from left (closed-mouth smile): unknown (real estate agent). Second row, fifth from left (young woman under the lamp): Elizabeth McCullough. Front far right: Mabel Scott. Harriet Ball (front row, center in dark dress and dark hat).
All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph : b&w

Keywords

Genre

Black-and-white photographs

Names

King, Leontyne, 1905-1976
McCullough, Liz
Ball, Hariett
Honoré, Beulah, 1908-1985
Gibson-Penland, Gertrude, 1923-1999
Scott, Mabel

Location

California--Los Angeles

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Culture

African American women--California--Los Angeles