John Levy, Eddie Mallory, and Walter L. Gordon, Jr., Los Angeles, 1949

Item Overview
- Title
- John Levy, Eddie Mallory, and Walter L. Gordon, Jr., Los Angeles, 1949
- Date Created
- 1949
- Date
- 1949
- Language
- English
- Collection
- Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection
Notes
- Summary
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John Levy was a club owner, and Billie Holiday's manager. In 1949, Levy and Holiday were charged with assaulting a man who had harassed Holiday during a concert. Gordon was able to have the charges against Holiday dismissed.
Walter L. Gordon, Jr. was an African American attorney in Los Angeles. - Description
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All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.
Left to right: John Levy, Eddie Mallory (behind Gordon), Walter L. Gordon, Jr. (with glasses). - Caption
- Handwritten inscription: "John Levy, Billie Holliday's boy friend and manager"
Physical Description
- Extent
- 1 photograph : b&w
Find This Item
- Repository
- University of California, Los Angeles. Library Special Collections
- Local Identifier
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YRLSC_gordonphotos_0034
Collection 1867 Box 1 Folder 2 - ARK
- ark:/21198/zz0025p224
- Manifest url
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Access Condition
- Rights statement
- copyrighted