Garden party at the home of Cassie Harris in Los Angeles, 1940s
Item Overview
- Title
- Garden party at the home of Cassie Harris in Los Angeles, 1940s
- Date Created
- [1940s?]
- Language
- No linguistic content
- Collection
- Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection
Notes
- Summary
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Ethel Sissle (1915-1984) was maried to the band leader Noble Sissle, and later to Walter L. Gordon, Jr.
Louise Brooks was in charge of the kitchens at clubs such as the Dunbar Grill and the F-Fortune Club. - Description
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All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.
Party held at Cassie Harris' house on 109th Street. Ethel (Sissle) Gordon is standing between two men, wearing a light colored peasant-style blouse. Louise Brooks is second from the right. The other people in the photograph are unidentified.
Physical Description
- Extent
- 1 photograph : b&w
Keywords
- Genre
- Black-and-white photographs
- Subjects
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Culture
Entertainment
Events
Lifestyle - Subject topic
- Parties--California--Los Angeles
- Names
- Sissle, Ethel
- Location
- California--Los Angeles
- Resource type
- still image
Find This Item
- Repository
- University of California, Los Angeles. Library Special Collections
- Local identifier
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YRLSC_gordonphotos_0364
364
Collection 1867 Box 2 Folder 6 - ARK
- ark:/21198/zz0025pf4g
- Manifest url
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Access Condition
- Rights statement
- copyrighted