Informal gathering at the bar in Walter Gordon's office, Los Angeles, 1940s
Item Overview
- Title
- Informal gathering at the bar in Walter Gordon's office, Los Angeles, 1940s
- Date Created
- 1940s
- Date
- 1940/1949
- Language
- English
- Collection
- Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection
Notes
- Summary
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Flo (Florita) Ware was Walter Gordon Jr.'s secretary for many years.
J. T. Gipson was a reporter for the Los Angeles Sentinel.
Melba Foppe was Walter Gordon's secretary for at least 15 years.
Leonard McClain was an ex-football player, later owner of the Leonard McClain Bail Bond Company.
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.
A group of people holding drinks around a bar. The bar was located at the back of Walter Gordon's office. From left to right: Melba Foppe, Florita Ware, Leonard McClain, Walter Gordon, and J. T. Gipson.
Physical Description
- Extent
- 1 photograph : b&w
Keywords
- Genre
- Black-and-white photographs
- Names
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Gordon, Walter L., Jr., 1908-2012
McClain, Leonard, 1915-1958
Gipson, J. T.
Ware, Florita
Foppe, Melba - Location
- California--Los Angeles
- Resource type
- still image
- Subjects
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Entertainment
Lifestyle -
Bars (Drinking establishments)--California--Los Angeles
Secretaries--California--Los Angeles
African American bail bond agents--California--Los Angeles
African American journalists--California--Los Angeles
African American lawyers--California--Los Angeles
Find This Item
- Repository
- University of California, Los Angeles. Library Special Collections
- Local Identifier
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Collection 1867 Box 1 Folder 4
YRLSC_gordonphotos_0109 - ARK
- ark:/21198/zz0025p4nw
- Finding aid url
- 109
- Manifest url
Access Condition
- Rights statement
- copyrighted