Walter L. Gordon, Jr. and Billie Holiday, Los Angeles, 1949
Item Overview
- Title
- Walter L. Gordon, Jr. and Billie Holiday, Los Angeles, 1949
- Photographer
- McLain's Photo Service
- Date Created
- 1949
- Language
- No linguistic content
- Collection
- Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection
Notes
- Summary
- Walter L. Gordon, Jr. was an African American attorney in Los Angeles.
- Description
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All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.
In 1949, Billie Holiday and her manager Joe Levy were charged with assaulting a man who had harassed Holiday during a concert. Attorney Walter L. Gordon, Jr. was able to have the charges against Holiday dismissed.
Stamp on back of photo: "McLain's Photo Service, 24 Hour Service, 1168 East 47th Place, AD 1-9732 Los Angeles 11, Calif."
Physical Description
- Extent
- 1 photograph : b&w
Keywords
- Genre
- Black-and-white photographs
- Subjects
- People
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Singers--United States
African American lawyers--California--Los Angeles
African American women singers - Names
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Holiday, Billie, 1915-1959
Gordon, Walter L., Jr., 1908-2012 - 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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Collection 1867 Box 3 Folder 5
YRLSC_gordonphotos_0545 - ARK
- ark:/21198/zz0025pn09
- Manifest url
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Access Condition
- Rights statement
- copyrighted