Formal event attended by physicians and others at a hall, Los Angeles 1940s

Item Overview

Title

Formal event attended by physicians and others at a hall, 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

Beulah Honoré, a former dancer with the Regalettes in Chicago, and also an interior designer and milliner, was married to Gideon Honoré, a member of Duke Ellington's orchestra.
Sarah Griffin was the wife of dentist Tom Griffin.
Emily Brown Childress Portwig was well-known for her civic work in Los Angeles and nationally. She attended UCLA and Howard University, and conducted graduate work in bacteriology at USC.
Dr. Clifford Gordon was a physician and surgeon. He was originally from Fargo, North Dakota. He went to USC for pre-medical training and eventually attended Howard University's School of Medicine. He died in 1952 at the age of 51.
Norma Green was the wife of actor Eddie Green. Mrs. Green was a singer, and she played the piano and violin. The couple had a daughter, Elva Diane.
Margaret Carter René was married to the composer Otis René.
Tom Griffin was a dentist.
Otis René was the brother of Leon René, and with him and Clarence Muse composed the song "When It's Sleepy Time Down South" (Louis Armstrong's theme song). The song was composed at the Baumann-René drugstore on 14th and Central, where Otis was a pharmacist.
Marjorie Bright McPherson was married to Dr. Henry McPherson. She was a school administrator.
Jefferson D. Fowler was a medical doctor.
Yolande Stovall was the wife of Dr. Leonard Stovall.
Dr. Frank Robinson was a medical doctor on Central Avenue.
Dr. Leonard Stovall (1887-1956) was the first African American doctor to be appointed to the staff of Los Angeles County General Hospital.
Emily Brown Portwig was a Los Angeles pharmacist.
Laura Fowler was the wife of physician Jefferson D. Fowler.

Description

All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.
Seated on the floor, from the left: Otis René (1st), Ursula (Pruitt) Murrell (2nd), Sarah Griffin (3rd) and Norma Green (4th), an unidentified woman (5th), Margaret René (6th) Marjorie McPherson (7th), Beulah Honoré (8th), unidentified woman and Margaret Carter René (on the far R). Second row: Mrs. Taylor (1st from L), Laura Fowler (2nd from L), Dr. Frank Robinson (5th from L), Dr. Clifford Gordon (5th from right), and Emily Portwig (4th from right). Third row: Dr. Watkins (far R).Forth row: Dr. Leonard Stovall (1st from L, looking towards the left), Yolande Stovall (2nd from L, wearkin a 2-strand pearl choker), Tom Griffin (center), standing in front of a woman (woman is in last row, 9th from the right). Back row: Dr. Bauman (4th from L), Dr. Jefferson D. Fowler (4th from R), Dr. Taylor (1st on R). The other individuals in the photo are unidentified.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph : b&w

Keywords

Genre

Black-and-white photographs

Names

Stovall, Yolande
Stovall, Leonard S.
McPherson, Marjorie Eloise, 1906-1958
René, Margaret Carter, 1905-1986
Green, Norma Ann Amato, 1923-2010
Honoré, Beulah, 1908-1985
René, Otis, 1898-1970
Portwig, Emily Brown Childress, 1896-1960
Fowler, Jefferson D. (Jefferson Davis), 1898-1969
Fowler, Laura Bruce, 1905-2006
Griffin, Thomas, 1902-1959
Griffin, Sarah, b. 1900 or 01

Location

California--Los Angeles

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Lifestyle

African American jazz musicians--California--Los Angeles
African American singers--California--Los Angeles
African American women pharmacists--California--Los Angeles
African American physicians--California--Los Angeles
Parties--California--Los Angeles
African American pharmacists--California--Los Angeles
African American composers--California--Los Angeles
African American dentists--California--Los Angeles