Mr. & Mrs. Spencer Browne, Los Angeles, 1940s

Item Overview

Title

Mr. & Mrs. Spencer Browne, Los Angeles, 1940s

Photographer

Sheffield Studio

Date Created

[1940s?]

Date

1940/1949

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

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

Notes

Summary

Spencer James Browne was born and raised in 1904 in Texas, and later attended Howard University. He was a successful barber, opening his first shop on Central Avenue in 1932, and his second shop on Western in the late 1950s. He also opened a restaurant in Santa Ana in 1943. He married Bettye Maria Horace in 1954.

Description

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

Browne, Spencer, 1904-1991

Location

California--Los Angeles

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Lifestyle
People

African American barbers--California--Los Angeles
African American businesspeople--California--Los Angeles