Ethel (Sissle) Gordon, Walter L. Gordon, Jr., Robert Clark, and Anise Boyer, Los Angeles, 1940s

Title: Ethel (Sissle) Gordon, Walter L. Gordon, Jr., Robert Clark, and Anise Boyer, Los Angeles, 1940s
Date Created: [1940s?]
Date: 1940/1949
Language: No linguistic content
Collection: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Summary: Ethel Sissle (1915-1984) was maried to the band leader Noble Sissle, and later to Walter L. Gordon, Jr.
Robert Clark (formerly married to Louise Beavers) was married to former Cotton Club chorine Anise Boyer.
Anise Boyer, married to Robert Clark, was an actress and former Cotton Club chorine. She was a cast member for a production of the musical Sweet and Hot.
Walter L. Gordon, Jr. was an African American attorney in Los Angeles.
Description: L to R: Ethel Gordon, Walter Gordon, Robert Clark and Anise Boyer.
All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.

Genre: Black-and-white photographs
Names: Gordon, Walter L., Jr., 1908-2012
Clark, Robert
Sissle, Ethel
Boyer, Anise, 1914-2008
Location: California--Los Angeles
Resource type: still image
Subjects: People; African American actresses--California--Los Angeles
African American lawyers--California--Los Angeles

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library Special Collections
Local Identifier: Collection 1867 Box 3 Folder 3
YRLSC_gordonphotos_0491
ARK: ark:/21198/zz0025pk8g
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