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

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.
Earl Dancer was a theatrical promoter, who helped to catapult Ethel Waters to stardom.
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.
Maudine Simmons Creswell may have been married to Nelson Creswell; she answered to either Maudine Simmons or Maudine Creswell.

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

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

Location

California--Los Angeles

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Entertainment
Lifestyle
People
Culture

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