Children's birthday party in a garden, Los Angeles, 1940s

Item Overview

Title

Children's birthday party in a garden, Los Angeles, 1940s

Date Created

[1940s?]

Date

1940/1949

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

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

Notes

Summary

Ethel Sissle (1915-1984) was maried to the band leader Noble Sissle, and later to Walter L. Gordon, Jr.

Description

All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.
On the left side of the table are Ethel (Sissle) Gordon's children Cynthia (with flowers in her hair) and Noble Sissle, Jr. (eating behind Cynthia). The woman seated off to the far left of the photo is possibly Ethel (Sissle) Gordon.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph : b&w

Keywords

Genre

Black-and-white photographs

Names

Sissle, Noble, Jr.
Sissle, Cynthia
Sissle, Ethel

Location

California--Los Angeles

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Entertainment
Events
Youth
Lifestyle

African American children--California--Los Angeles
Parties--California--Los Angeles