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Moses Marsh, 1870s

Description:: Portrait of Moses Marsh, father of Leon Marsh, Sr. (husband of Vivian Osborne Marsh).
Date:: [1870s]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Descendants of America Waldo Bogle and Richard A. Bogle, Oregon or Washington, 1940s-1950s

Description:: America Waldo Bogle was the daughter of a slave mother and probably one of the Waldo brothers (Missouri businessmen and slave owners who moved to the Oregon Territory). She married Jamaican immigrant Richard Bogle in 1863. He opened a barbershop in Walla Walla, owned a ranch or farm, and was one of the founders of the Walla Walla Building and Loan Association. Five of their eight children lived into adulthood. Three of the sons became barbers in Portland.
Date:: [1940-1960]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Young woman in the A. J. Roberts family, 1890s-1890s

Description:: Studio portrait of a young woman.
Date:: [1890-1900]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Gerald Marsh with his wife and children, Christopher and Leslie, circa 1956

Description:: Gerald Marsh, son of Leon F. Marsh, Sr. and his first wife, Viola, with their children Christopher and Leslie,
Date:: [circa 1956]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Portrait of a man, Mary Ann Knox family (?), 1880-1900 (?)

Description:: Photocopy of a studio portrait of a man -- member of the family of Mary Ann Knox.
Date:: [1880-1900 (?)]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Exterior view of the home of Beverly A. Johnson on G St., Sacramento, 1890-1929

Description:: House of Beverly A. Johnson located at 1801 G St. A small child is standing at the top of the front steps. A sign above a window on the left reads: "B. A. Johnson / Caterer / Weddings, Banquets, Receptions / Dishes, [...] linen, Rented"
Date:: [1890-1920]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Flowers family portrait, Portland, circa 1902

Description:: Studio portrait of Allen E. Flowers and Louisa Flowers with their sons Loyd, Ralph, Elmer and Ervin.
Date:: [circa 1902]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Minerva Petit Logan Robinson, 1860s-1870s

Description:: Studio portrait of Minerva Petit Logan Robinson.
Date:: [1860-1880]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Portraits of a couple and their child, friends of the Miriam Matthews family

Description:: Bi-fold photograph album with two images of a family. Left: A couple with a boy toddler and an older woman who may be the grandmother in a yard. Right A mother holding a baby in a yard in front of a wooden fence.
Date:: [1920-1940]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Child in the A. J. Roberts family, 1890s-1890s

Description:: Studio portrait of a child seated on a classicizing stone bench with a basket of flowers and a painted landscape backdrop. She is a member of the A. J. Roberts family.
Date:: [1890-1900]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Nellie Logan Christian, 1890s

Description:: Nellie Elizabeth Logan Christian Love was the daughter of Lavinia Coffey Logan Snaden (1849-1922). Her first husband was Green Berry Logan, a farmer in Tehama, California.
Date:: [1890s]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Abell Photo Co.
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Relative of Vivian Osborne Marsh, (copy photo made 1930-1989)

Description:: Studio portrait of a female relative of Vivian Osborne Marsh
Date:: [1930-1989]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Four family snapshots, 1920-1940

Description:: Four photos of African American family members. 2 upper: a baby in a yard with its mother and by itself. Lower right: a teenage girl and a young woman standing on a road in a mountainous area with a car, cabin and another women visible behind them.
Date:: [1920-1940]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Mary Jane Broyles and family at her 85th birthday party, Los Angeles, circa 1961

Description:: Mary Jane Broyles is seated holding a baby on the front steps of the house of her daughter, Portia B. Griffith, at 5000 Wall St, surrounded by about 44 family members of all ages.
Date:: [circa 1961]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Relatives of Vivian Osborne Marsh standing in front of a house, 1920s

Description:: Two men and three women, relatives of Vivian Osborne Marsh, standing in front of a house.
Date:: [1920s]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Louise and Byron Kenner at Bruce's Beach, Manhattan Beach, circa 1920

Description:: Louise Kenner, wife of Byron Kenner, was a college graduate, active in social organizations, and an active member of the Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority. Byron F, Kenner was a Los Angeles money order clerk. He was a founding west coast charter member of the Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity at UCLA.
Date:: [circa 1920]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Dejarnette (or De Jarnette) family, Montgomery, 1894

Description:: Studio portrait of the Dejarnette (or De Jarnette) family; L to R, top row: Leslie Dejarnette Wheeler, Lillie Dejarnette Garrott, Alice Dejarnette Hooper, Katie Dejarnette Scott and Hattie Dejarnette Hamilton; middle row: Mabel Dejarnette Kennan, Robert Dejarnette (father), Stanley Dejarnette, Herbert Dejarnette and California Dejarnette (mother); front row: Robert Dejarnette and Gladys Dejarnette (baby).
Date:: 1894
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Pickens family, circa 1940

Description:: Studio portrait of Emilie and William Pickens and their sons William (left) and Richard.
Date:: [circa 1940]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Laura Minerva Robinson Toombs, Red Bluff, 1880s-1890s

Description:: Studio portrait of Laura Minerva Robinson Toombs.
Date:: [1880-1900]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Weston, H.
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Drawing of Emma Harvey, wife of contractor James Marsh Harvey, circa 1890

Description:: Portrait drawing of Emma Harvey.
Date:: [circa 1890]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Richmond Logan and Lilla Ellen Bowser Logan, Red Bluff, 1880s

Description:: Studio portrait of Richmond Logan and Lilla Ellen Bowser Logan.
Date:: [1880s]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Worthington & Co. (Red Bluff, Calif.)
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Sons of James Marsh Harvey, circa 1915

Description:: James Marsh Harvey founded the Harvey Brothers Sand and Gravel contracting company. In 1900 the family lived in Kupfrian Park, Florida. By 1920, they had relocated to Los Angeles (1464 E. 23rd St.).
Date:: [circa 1915]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

African American family in front of a house with an awning, 1910-1920

Description:: African American family, one boy, two girls and the parents, standing in front of the porch of a house with a striped awning above them. They are dressed for a special occasion with the boy in a jacket and knickers suit, the girls in light-colored dresses and stockings with large bows in their hair, the mother in a light-colored blouse and long, silk skirt and the father in a light-colored three-piece suit.
Date:: [1910-1920]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Dora Johnson Watson McDonald, mother of Vada Somerville, 1890-1910

Description:: Dora Johnson Watson McDonald, mother of Dr. Vada Somerville, seated on the front porch of a house.
Date:: [1890-1910]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Dr. and Mrs. Alva Curtis Garrott, Sr. and their three children, Glendale, circa 1905

Description:: The Garrott family together outside of their house: Dr. Alva Garrott, Sr. (father), Robert Garrott, Lillie Garrott (mother), Miriam Garrott, and Alva Garrott.
Date:: [circa 1905]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Beverly McCard, Oakland, 1920s

Description:: Studio portrait of Beverly Scott McCard.
Date:: [1920s]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Young girl in the A. J. Roberts family, 1890s-1890s

Description:: Studio portrait of a young girl standing beside a classicizing pedestal with a basket of flowers and a painted landscape backdrop. She is a member of the A. J. Roberts family, perhaps his daughter, Myrtle.
Date:: [1890-1900]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Alice Osborne, mother of Vivian Osborne Marsh, 1920s

Description:: Studio portrait of Alice Osborne.
Date:: [1920s]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Jennie Bruington and her daughter, Esther Beck, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: Esther (Bruington) Beck with her mother Jennie Bruington, wearing light colored blouses and skirts, standing next to a banner/flag with a message on it reading: Lieut. James M. Beck [...].
Date:: [1940s]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Four portraits of Samuel Prince family members, 1880s-1890s

Description:: Samuel Prince settled in Pasadena in 1883. He is said to be the second African American person to settle in Pasadena.
Date:: [1880s-1890s]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Mr. and Mrs. Paul R. Williams, with their two daughters, Marilyn and Norma, Los Angeles, 1932-1933

Description:: Family photographs of the Williams family. Left: Marilyn, Della and Norma in their yard. Right: Marilyn and Norma with Paul in their yard (1271 W. 35th St.).
Date:: [1932-1933]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Mission San Francisco de Asís church, a lithograph of San Francisco, and portrait of Mr. Greene's family, 1913-1980

Description:: Thomas Augustus Greene was the organizer and the first executive secretary of the 28th St. Branch of the YMCA and served from 1906 to 1932.
Date:: [between 1913-1980]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Emma Gaines (Ivan J. Johnson's grandmother) and Ethel Mae Greer (Ivan's first cousin), circa 1910s (?)

Description:: This photograph is from the collection of Ivan J. Johnson III (1903-1975), a prominent Los Angeles attorney.
Date:: [circa 1910s (?)]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Group portrait, probably of Emma Todd, her daughters and an older relative, Los Angeles, 1885-1990

Description:: Studio group portrait, probably of Emma Todd (mother of Emma P. Barrett Boyd), her daughters and an older female relative.
Date:: [1885-1890]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Sunbeam Art Gallery
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Mother and child, possibly Vivian Osborne Marsh with her son Leon Frederick, Jr., Oakland, circa 1922

Description:: Mother and child, possibly Vivian Osborne Marsh with her son Leon Frederick, Jr., seated on the front steps of a house with another woman.
Date:: [circa 1922]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Welcome Watson, brother of Vada Somerville, 1900-1910

Description:: Studio portrait of Welcome Watson.
Date:: [1900-1910]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Green's
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Dora Johnson Watson McDonald, mother of Vada Somerville, 1890-1910

Description:: Dr. Vada Somerville (born Vada Jetmore Watson) of Pomona graduated from USC, married dentist John Alexander Somerville (1912), was the first African American woman and the second African American person to graduate from USC School of Dentistry (1918), and was the first African American woman certified to practice dentistry in the state of California. She was a civil rights activist, highly involved in several civic and community organizations.
Date:: [1890-1910]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Portrait of a family, circa 1950

Description:: Portrait of an African American family. From left: teenage son, the mother, seated, the husband, standing, a young daughter and son with his dog.
Date:: [circa 1950]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Family of Grace and Aaron Arthur Jenkins, circa 1937

Description:: Grace Evelyn Grubbs Jenkins organized her children, Phillip, George, Ray and Grace, into a family musical ensemble. Known as the Junior Concert Orchestra, they performed at churches and venues in the Sacramento area.
Date:: [circa 1937]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Samuel B. Danley, Jr., and Theresa Bel Virginia Harper Danley with their daughters Margaret and Theresa, 1943-1948

Description:: Samuel B. Danley, Jr., was a Department of Labor employment specialist. He and Theresa Bel Virginia Harper Danley were the parents of Margaret and Theresa.
Date:: [1943-1948]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Norris and Marguerite Hester, circa 1910

Description:: Norris and Marguerite were the children of Phoebe (1880-1943) and Eugene Hester (b. 1875). They lived in Santa Barbara 1915-1920. Eugene is listed as a musician in 1918 Santa Barbara city directory.
Date:: [circa 1910]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Portrait of a man, Mary Ann Knox family (?), 1880-1900 (?)

Description:: Photocopy of a studio portrait of a man -- member of the family of Mary Ann Knox (?).
Date:: [1880-1900 (?)]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Leon F. Marsh, Sr., 1950

Description:: Leon F. Marsh, Sr., husband of Vivian Osborne Marsh.
Date:: 1950
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Young boy in the A. J. Roberts family, 1890s-1890s

Description:: Studio portrait of a young boy standing beside a classicizing pedestal with a basket of flowers and a painted landscape backdrop. He is a member of the A. J. Roberts family, perhaps his son, William or Frederick.
Date:: [1890-1900]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Byron F. Kenner, Los Angeles, circa 1915

Description:: Studio portrait of Byron F. Kenner.
Date:: [circa 1915]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Owen McCard, Oakland, 1920s

Description:: Studio portrait of Owen McCard.
Date:: [1920s]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Robert Allison Logan and Ella Victoria Parsens Logan, Red Bluff, 1890s

Description:: Studio portrait of Robert Allison Logan and Ella Victoria Parsens Logan.
Date:: [1890s]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Gaines
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Lillie Garrott, Glendale, circa 1903-1904

Description:: Lillie Dejarnette married Alva Garrott in 1893. Dr. Garrott earned degrees in Pharmacy and Dentistry at Howard University in Washington, D. C. before bringing his family to Los Angeles in 1901, becoming this city's first Negro dentist.
Date:: [circa 1903-1904]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

African American family, 1940-1960

Description:: Studio portrait of an African American family with a daughter (aged 9-11), and a son (aged 7-9.
Date:: [1940-1960]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Danley family at Samuel Danley Jr.'s graduation from U.S.C., Los Angeles, 1923

Description:: Samuel B. Danley, Jr., was a Department of Labor employment specialist. He and Theresa Bel Virginia Harper Danley were the parents of Margaret and Theresa.
Date:: 1923
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

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