Walter L. Gordon, Jr., out with a group, Los Angeles, 1940s

Item Overview

Title

Walter L. Gordon, Jr., out with a group, Los Angeles, 1940s

Photographer

Matthews Photographic & News Service

Date Created

[1940s?]

Date

1940/1949

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Notes

Summary

Madeline Green was a "songbird," a singer who worked with Earl Hines and Lionel Hampton. She died in Cleveland in 1976.
Andrew Thomas worked as an investigator and interviewer with attorney Walter L. Gordon, Jr.
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.
Maudine Simmons Creswell may have been married to Nelson Creswell; she answered to either Maudine Simmons or Maudine Creswell.
Earl Dancer was a theatrical promoter, who helped to catapult Ethel Waters to stardom.

Description

All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.
L to R: Andrew Thomas, Elizabeth (Liz) McCullough (visiting from Chicago), Walter L. Gordon, Jr., Madeline Green, Earl Dancer, Beulah Honoré, and Maudine Simmons Creswell.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph : b&w

Keywords

Genre

Black-and-white photographs

Names

Honoré, Beulah, 1908-1985
Creswell, Maudine Simmons, b. 1912 or 13
Green, Madeline
Thomas, Andrew
Gordon, Walter L., Jr., 1908-2012
McCullough, Liz
Dancer, Earl, 1895-1963

Location

California--Los Angeles

Resource type

still image

Subjects

People
Culture
Entertainment
Lifestyle

African American singers
African American lawyers--California--Los Angeles