Brother Williams and Patsy Hunter, Los Angeles, 1940s

Item Overview

Title

Brother Williams and Patsy Hunter, 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

Brother was an openly gay man (his lover was Aristide Chapman) who operated the Brother's Rendezvous underground club.
Patsy Hunter was a singer who also choreographed shows at the Club Alabam.

Description

Henry "Brother" Williams is standing dressed in a silk robe. Patsy Hunter is seated in the foreground. To the right is a man who may be the son of T. A. (Thomas Augustus) Greene, who was involved in the YMCA in 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

Names

Hunter, Patsy
Williams, Brother

Location

California--Los Angeles

Resource type

still image

Subjects

People

African American women singers--California--Los Angeles
African American gay men--California--Los Angeles