L'Tanya and another swimsuit model, Los Angeles, 1940s
Item Overview
- Title
- L'Tanya and another swimsuit model, 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
- LaTanya Griffin (or "L'Tanya," or "L'Tanya Martinique") was a society woman, a model and a fashion designer. In her early twenties, she was awarded a contract by the Guild Studios to design gowns for Ida Lapino. She was contracted to with the Edward D. Wood Production company to design gowns for 20 of its films in 1954, making her the first African American designer to have a contract with a Hollywood film studio. She and Earl Griffin divorced in 1949.
- Description
-
All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.
On the left is LaTanya Griffin. The woman on the right is unidentified.
Physical Description
- Extent
- 1 photograph : b&w
Keywords
- Genre
- Black-and-white photographs
- Names
- Griffin, L'Tanya, 1919-1996
- Location
- California--Los Angeles
- Resource type
- still image
- Subjects
-
Lifestyle
Culture - African American models--California--Los Angeles
Find This Item
- Repository
- University of California, Los Angeles. Library Special Collections
- Local Identifier
-
Collection 1867 Box 2 Folder 7
YRLSC_gordonphotos_0390
390 - ARK
- ark:/21198/zz0025pg0w
- Manifest url
Access Condition
- Rights statement
- copyrighted