Party at the Last Word nightclub on Central Avenue, 1940s
Item Overview
- Title
- Party at the Last Word nightclub on Central Avenue, 1940s
- Photographer
- Last Word Photos
- Date Created
- [1940s?]
- Date
- 1940/1949
- Language
- English
- Collection
- Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection
Notes
- Summary
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Maurine Browning was the wife of Ivan Harold Browning.
Ethel Sissle (1915-1984) was maried to the band leader Noble Sissle, and later to Walter L. Gordon, Jr.
Ivan Harold Browning was a noted tenor. - Description
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Photograph is enclosed in a souvenir photo folder from the Last Word nightclub.
All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.
Seated in center: Ivan Harold Browning (wearing bow tie). To the right, wearing a pearl necklace, is Ethel (Sissle) Gordon, and on the far right is Maurine Browning.
Physical Description
- Extent
- 1 photograph : b&w
Keywords
- Genre
-
souvenirs
Black-and-white photographs - Names
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Sissle, Ethel
Last Word (Nightclub : Los Angeles, Calif.)
Browning, Ivan, 1891-1978
Browning, Maurine - Location
- California--Los Angeles
- Longitude
- 34.008558
- Latitude
- -118.2564807
- Resource type
- still image
- Subjects
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Entertainment
Lifestyle -
African American singers
Nightclubs--California--Los Angeles
Find This Item
- Repository
- University of California, Los Angeles. Library Special Collections
- Local Identifier
-
Collection 1867 Box 6 Folder 3
YRLSC_gordonphotos_0802_a - ARK
- ark:/21198/zz0025pxdc
- Manifest url
Access Condition
- Rights statement
- copyrighted