Subject: African American civic leaders / Genre: photographs / Resource Type: still image / Collection: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection - UCLA Library Digital Collections Search Results

Description:: Charles Heard Matthews was a prominent attorney in Los Angeles who served on numerous boards including Golden State and Liberty Savings. He was the younger brother of Miriam Matthews.
Date:: June 5, 1946
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Griffin, Earl, b. 1914 or 15
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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Description:: Photograph appears with the article, "Rep. Diggs reiterates vow to challenge Miss. seats," Los Angeles Sentinel, 1 Dec. 1955: A1.
Date:: [1950s-1960s]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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Description:: Craftsmen of Black Wings was a program at Jefferson High School to teach youths how to build, repair, and pilot aircraft. It was founded by William J. Powell, and his goal was to train and provide scholarships to students.
Date:: [1930s]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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Description:: View of a group of young adults in the Craftsmen of Black Wings program, in a classroom at Jefferson High School the instructor, William J. Powell holding up the frame of an aircraft wing.
Date:: [1930s]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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Description:: The Craftsmen of Black Wings, Inc., was a Los Angeles area high school program to learn how to build, repair, and pilot aircraft. It was founded by William J. Powell.
Date:: 1930s
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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Description:: From left: Unidentified woman holds a piece of paper in front of Peter W. Dauterive, as Dr. H. Claude Hudson, president of Broadway Federal Savings and Loan, gestures toward him.
Date:: [1960s]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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Description:: Dr. John Somerville, born in Jamaica, was the first black graduate of USC School of Dentistry (1907). He married Vada Jetmore Watson (1912), who also became a dentist. He built the Somerville Hotel (1928), was instrumental in the founding of the Los Angeles chapter of NAACP (1914), and served on the Police Commission 1949-1953.
Date:: [1950s]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Smith, Irving C.
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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Description:: Dr. John Somerville, born in Jamaica, was the first black graduate of USC School of Dentistry (1907). He married Vada Jetmore Watson (1912), who also became a dentist. He built the Somerville Hotel (1928), was instrumental in the founding of the Los Angeles chapter of NAACP (1914). He served on the Police Commission 1949-1953
Date:: July 1954
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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Description:: Dr. John A. Somerville seated behind his desk during his campaign for Los Angeles City Council, 10th District.
Date:: [1960s]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Sheffield, Maceo B. (Maceo Bruce), 1897-1959
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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Description:: Sir Roger Makins was a British diplomat who served as British Ambassador to the United States from 1953 to 1956
Date:: April 1954
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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