Ethel Sissle, Catherine Garcia and Marva Louis, Los Angeles, 1940s

Item Overview

Title

Ethel Sissle, Catherine Garcia and Marva Louis, Los Angeles, 1940s

Date Created

[1940s?]

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

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

Notes

Summary

Marva Louis, stenographer and big band singer, married and divorced heavyweight boxing champion Joe Louis twice between 1935 and 1949; during their marriage, she also worked as a model. She married physician Albert Lee Spaulding in 1950.
Catherine Garcia, Walter L. Gordon Jr.'s secretary for many years, was politically active and worked to motivate other women to be active in civic organizations.
Ethel Sissle (1915-1984) was maried to the band leader Noble Sissle, and later to Walter L. Gordon, Jr.

Description

Photo was taken at Noble Sissle's house, while Ethel was still married to him.
Standing, L to R: Ethel Sissle, Catherine Garcia. Seated on bridge: Marva Louis.
In 1946, Noble Sissle lived at 2125 S. Harvard Blvd., Los Angeles.
All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph : b&w

Keywords

Genre

Black-and-white photographs

Subjects

People

African American models
Secretaries--California--Los Angeles

Names

Spaulding, Marva Louis, 1915-2000
Garcia, Catherine
Sissle, Ethel

Location

California--Los Angeles

Longitude

34.036510

Latitude

-118.306523

Resource type

still image