Party at photographer's house, Los Angeles, 1940s

Item Overview

Title

Party at photographer's house, 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

Lillian ("Lil") Fentress was active in the Zeta Phi Beta sorority, the YWCA, and in the Los Angeles Elks organization. She was married to J. Cullen Fentress
Herman Hill was a newspaper reporter and helped to establish the Pittsburg Courier in Los Angeles. He was also the first African American to play varsity basketball at USC.
George Cutler was a commercial photographer.
J. Cullen Fentress was the owner of Fentress Press, and served as the founding President of the Western States Golf Association.
Chester L. Washington became the first African American news employee at the Los Angeles Mirror-News in 1955, and in 1962 he went to work for The Los Angeles Sentinel, where he became editor. He eventually purchased a number of newspapers, becoming the owner of Central News-Wave Publications.
Dr. Lois Evans was a chiropodist.
Maudelle Richardson was the wife of H. Leonard Richardson and an avid golfer.
Gladys Hill, married to Herman Hill, was active in civic and social clubs including the Kansis City Brunch Club.

Description

Seated on floor (L to R): Lillian Fentress, Chester Washington, Bessie Gant, an unidentified woman, Cullen Fentress. Seated on the couch (L to R): Maudelle Richardson, Gladys Hill, Herman Hill, an unidentified woman, a man identified by his last name "Stubblefield" and an unidentified man. Standing (L to R): an unidentified woman and man, Lois Evans, and George Cutler.
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

Names

Hill, Gladys, b. 1907 or 08
Cutler, George M. (George Miles), 1901-1949
Evans, Lois J., 1913-1986
Gant, Bess M., 1896-1962
Fentress, J. Cullen, 1910-1989
Fentress, Lillian
Hill, Herman, 1906-1991
Washington, Chester L.
Richardson, Maudelle, b. 1912

Location

California--Los Angeles

Resource type

still image