Noble Sissle and Eddie "Rochester" Anderson, Los Angeles, 1940s.

Summary: Eddie Anderson was best known for playing Rochester on the Jack Benny Program.
Mitchell Miles was a wealthy man from Buffalo, NY. He and his brother ran a gambling business, but they were pushed out of Buffalo by the mob. They eventually moved to Los Angeles.
Noble Sissle was a jazz composer, bandleader and playwright.
Ivan Harold Browning was a noted tenor.
Description: All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.
Noble Sissle is working at an adding machine, and Eddie "Rochester" Anderson is standing directly to his left. Mitchell Miles is seated, 2nd from the left. Ivan Harold Browning is standing at the far right.

Genre: Black-and-white photographs
Names: Sissle, Noble, 1889-1975
Miles, Mitchell Bruce, 1903-1997
Browning, Ivan, 1891-1978
Anderson, Eddie, 1905-1977
Location: California--Los Angeles
Resource type: still image
Subjects: People; African American singers--California--Los Angeles
African American businesspeople--California--Los Angeles
African American actors--California--Los Angeles
African American composers--California--Los Angeles

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library Special Collections
Local Identifier: Collection 1867 Box 1 Folder 5
YRLSC_gordonphotos_0146
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ARK: ark:/21198/zz0025p5w0
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