Crowd at the bar, Los Angeles, 1940s

Item Overview

Title

Crowd at the bar, Los Angeles, 1940s

Photographer

Merriman, Ted

Date Created

[1940s?]

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

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

Notes

Summary

Thomas "Sonny" Maddox was a popular businessman who arrived in Los Angeles from Benton, Louisiana in the 1920s or 1930s. He found success with ventures such as the Flamingo Motel and a partnership in Woodlawn Cemetery. He was an avid fisherman, and known to be generous to those who were less fortunate. He died in 1984.
Julius Howard "Stuff" Crouch was a nightclub host in Los Angeles for many years, and friend of musicians such as Count Basie.
Alice (Alyce) Key was a Los Angeles dancer who later became a journalist, community activist, and political leader.

Description

All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.
Stuff Crouch is facing the camera on the far left, in the crowd near the bar with his wife, Dottsie, to the right, her face partially hidden. Alyce Key is at the bar, with blond hair. Maudine Simmons Creswell is just to the right of Key (white hat). Visible between and behind them is Sonny Maddox (eyes closed).

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph : b&w

Keywords

Genre

Black-and-white photographs

Subjects

Culture
Entertainment
Lifestyle

Subject topic

African American women journalists--California--Los Angeles
African American businesspeople--California--Los Angeles

Names

Key, Alyce, 1911-2010
Creswell, Maudine Simmons, b. 1912 or 13
Harris, Cassie, b. 1907 or 08
Crouch, Dottsie Bloodworth, 1921-1969
Maddox, Sonny, d. 1984
Crouch, Stuff, 1900-1966

Location

California--Los Angeles

Resource type

still image