Birthday party for Walter L. Gordon, Jr., Los Angeles, 1950s
Item Overview
- Title
- Birthday party for Walter L. Gordon, Jr., Los Angeles, 1950s
- Date Created
- [1950s?]
- Date
- 1950/1959
- Language
- No linguistic content
- Collection
- Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection
Notes
- Summary
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Theodore (Ted) Schaeffer was an attorney who graduated from USC's law school. He later got involved in horserace gambling which, according to Walter Gordon, ruined Mr. Schaeffer financially.
Clara Gordon was one of Walter L Gordon, Jr.'s ex-wives. She was married to Harold Young before marrying Walter Gordon.
Walter L. Gordon, Jr. was an African American attorney in Los Angeles.
Eddie (known professionally as Eadward) Deason was a popular hair stylist who operated "houses of charm" in Los Angeles, San Francisco and Pasadena. He was also an openly gay man.
René, a dancer at the Macombo Club on Sunset Strip, dated Walter L. Gordon, Jr.
Cadence Hines was a close friend of Clara Gordon (one of Walter L. Gordon, Jr.'s ex-wives). - Description
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All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.
Seated on floor: Eddie Deason is in the center), next to Cadence Hines, in the dark dress with lace sleeves. Seated on couch: Walter Gordon (wearing glasses, 3rd from L), René (second blond from R, dating Gordon at the time). Standing: Clara Gordon (2nd from L), Harold Young (3rd from L), Ted Schaeffer (5th from L), Robert Lewis (2nd from R).
Physical Description
- Extent
- 1 photograph : b&w
Keywords
- Genre
- Black-and-white photographs
- Names
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Gordon, Walter L., Jr., 1908-2012
Lewis, Robert
Deason, Eadward B., 1921-1976
Hines, Cadence L., 1912-1971
Schaeffer, Ted
Gordon, Clara - Location
- California--Los Angeles
- Resource type
- still image
- Subjects
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Events
Lifestyle
People -
Parties--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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YRLSC_gordonphotos_0173
173
Collection 1867 Box 1 Folder 6 - ARK
- ark:/21198/zz0025p6tf
- Manifest url
Access Condition
- Rights statement
- copyrighted