Women at garden party at Noble Sissle's house, Los Angeles, 1940s

Item Overview

Title

Women at garden party at Noble Sissle's house, 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

Marva Louis, stenographer and big band singer, married and divorced heavyweight boxing champion Joe Louis twice between 1935 and 1949; during their marriage, she also worked as a model. She married physician Albert Lee Spaulding in 1950.
Catherine Garcia, Walter L. Gordon Jr.'s secretary for many years, was politically active and worked to motivate other women to be active in civic organizations.
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.
Ethel Sissle is standing, 2nd from right, and Catherine Garcia is standing 4th from right. Marva Louis is seated on the bridge railing.
Taken at Noble Sissle's house on Juliet Street.
In 1946, Noble Sissle lived at 2126 S. Harvard. Blvd. in Los Angeles.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph : b&w

Keywords

Genre

Black-and-white photographs

Names

Spaulding, Marva Louis, 1915-2000
Garcia, Catherine
Sissle, Ethel

Location

California--Los Angeles

Longitude

34.036510

Latitude

-118.306523

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Lifestyle

African American models
Secretaries--California--Los Angeles
Parties--California--Los Angeles