Subject: African American lawyers--California--Los Angeles / Genre: Black-and-white photographs / Collection: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection - UCLA Library Digital Collections Search Results

Leon Hardwick with Lil Cumber and Melba Foppe, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Nat King Cole, Noble Sissle, and others, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Hansen, A.
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Unidentified Woman, William Goodloe, Juanita Goodloe, Walter Gordon, Jr., Liz McCullough, and Mye Haddox in Los Angeles, circa 1951

Description:: Walter Gordon could not remember the name of the woman on the far left, but he represented her when she was arrested by federal authorities for drug possession. He won her case.
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Billie Holiday being questioned by her attorney, Walter L. Gordon, Jr., Los Angeles, 1950

Description:: All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.
Date:: 1950
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: McLain's Photo Service
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Group photograph at a nightclub, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: Everette Porter, who became a judge, is in the back, center.
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Woods, Clyde, photographer
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

George and Camille Cannady, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Merriman, Ted
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Ten African American Angelenos and a child, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

H. Claude Hudson and an unidentified man, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: Dr. Hudson is seated at the left, watching an unidentified man giving a speech.
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Matthews Photographic & News Service
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

African American attorneys and others, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

David Williams in a law office, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: Attorney David W. Williams in a law library.
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Sheffield Studio
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Attorney Ivan Johnson addressing an audience, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Hugh MacBeth and Sheriff Eugene Biscailuz, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

David Williams in a law office, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: Attorney David W. Williams in a law library.
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Sheffield Studio
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Lawyers Aaron Payne (Chicago) and Walter L. Gordon, Jr. in Gordon's office, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Elks Lodge (Golden West Lodge No. 86, BPOE) event, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Leon Hardwick, "Hat," Curtis C. Taylor, Joe Harris, Herman Spurlock, Gertrude Gipson-Penland, Catherine Garcia, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.
Date:: 1940s
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

George Cannady, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

William Goodloe, Juanita Goodloe, Walter Gordon, Jr., Liz McCullough, and Mye Haddox in Los Angeles, circa 1951

Description:: All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.
Date:: [1951?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Jazz pianist Calvin Jackson plays for a group, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: Taken at Walter L. Gordon, Jr.'s house at 4104 S. Central Ave in Los Angeles.
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Melvyn Douglas, Ouida Williams, L'Tanya, David Williams and others at a political event, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: Melvyn Douglas is at the far left. Third from the left is Ouida Williams. David W. Williams is at the far right. Third from the right is LaTanya Griffin.
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Black tie event in Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Attorney Vince Monroe Townsend celebrating a successful lawsuit against the Edison Company, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

African American professionals, Los Angeles, 1950s

Description:: All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.
Date:: [1950s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

African American business and legal figures, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.
Date:: [1940s]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Walter L. Gordon, Jr. in the library at his office, Los Angeles, 1945

Description:: All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.
Date:: 1945
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Birthday party for Walter L. Gordon, Jr., Los Angeles, 1950s

Description:: All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.
Date:: [1950s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

John Levy, Eddie Mallory, and Walter L. Gordon, Jr., Los Angeles, 1949

Description:: All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.
Date:: 1949
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Lawyers Aaron Payne (Chicago) and Walter L. Gordon, Jr. in Gordon's office, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: Aaron Payne is visiting Los Angeles attorney Walter L. Gordon, Jr. in Gordon's office.
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Party at a club on San Fernando Road, San Fernando, Calif, 1950s

Description:: L to R: Walter L. Gordon, Jr., Catherine Tye (identified separately as Cecile Tyson), unidentified woman, Xenophon Lang and his wife (probably Cleo, wearing pearl necklace), Theodore (Ted) Schaeffer, unidentified woman.
Date:: [circa 1957-1959]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Bob Douglas Photo
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Taylor Party, Broady residence, Los Angeles, December 16, 1965

Description:: Photograph taken at the home of Earl C. Broady, an African American man who started his career as a janitor and became a judge on the Los Angeles County Superior Court.
Date:: December 16, 1965
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Morgan, Walter, Lt.
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Poster for the First Annual Baptist Hour Program, Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, May 30, 1954

Description:: Various Baptist churches sponsored a "Baptist hour" at the Shrine Auditorium on Sunday, May 30, 1954, which included the Unity Chorale Chorus (made up of choir members from many different churches). The principal speaker was the Reverend L. B. Moss (in some news stories he is identified as L. W. Moss), and Walter L. Gordon, Jr. was the MC for the event.
Date:: 1954
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Vince Monroe Townsend, Joe Saunders, Muriel Andrade, and Rayfield Lundy, Los Angeles 1940s

Description:: L to R: Vince Monroe Townsend, Joe Saunders, Muriel Andrade, Rayfield Lundy.
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

B. B. Bratton and Angelique DeLavallade on wedding day, 1939

Description:: All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.
Date:: 1939
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Tibbs, Walter L. Gordon, Jr., James Garcia and Floyd Snelson at a fashion show, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Thomas W. Myles, Walter L. Gordon Jr., Jesse B. Mann and others, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: From L to R: Thomas W. Myles (also known as Tommie), Walter L. Gordon Jr., an unidentified man (son of Clara Lisberg and nephew of Camille Cannady), an unidentified woman (last name Sue/Soo (?), and whose husband was a member of Duke Ellington's orchestra), Jesse B. Mann, an unidentified man.
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Ethel (Sissle) Gordon, Walter L. Gordon, Jr., Robert Clark, and Anise Boyer, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: L to R: Ethel Gordon, Walter Gordon, Robert Clark and Anise Boyer.
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Picnic party near E. 109th Street and Central Avenue, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Group of Outstanding Women, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: Seated in the front (L to R) are Betty Hill, Dr. Vada Somerville, and Emily Woodie. Back row: 4th from the right is Martha Jefferson Louis. The other women in the photo are unidentified.
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Informal gathering at the bar in Walter Gordon's office, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: A group of people holding drinks around a bar. The bar was located at the back of Walter Gordon's office. From left to right: Leonard McClain, , Florita Ware, Melba Foppe, Walter Gordon and J.T. Gipson.
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Group of five people in black tie, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: Left to right: Walter Gordon, Hazel Anthony, William Henry "Studd" Greene, Martha Jefferson Louis, Bernard Jefferson.
Date:: 1940s
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Walter L. Gordon, Jr. and George Reid at Gordon's law office, Los Angeles, 1930s

Description:: All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.
Date:: [between 1937 and 1938)
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Judge Stanley Mosk addressing an event, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Night out at an Oakland nightclub, 1940s

Description:: All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Walter L. Gordon, Jr., and four unidentified men at a nightclub, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Walter L. Gordon, Jr. and Hazel Anthony, Los Angeles, 1951

Description:: All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.
Date:: [1951?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Augustus Hawkins and Titus Alexander at the Southern Pacific Station, Los Angeles, 1930s

Description:: L to R: unidentified man, Augustus Hawkins, Titus Alexander, unidentified woman, Bert McDonald, Hugh MacBeth.
Date:: [1930s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Walter L. Gordon, Jr. and Hazel Anthony, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: L to R: An unidentified visitor from Montgomery, Alabama; an unidentified woman, Walter Gordon, and Hazel Anthony (visiting from Chicago).
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Walter L. Gordon, Jr. with two clients after a trial, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr. (center) with his two clients after a trial. The man on the left was a church minister, and the man on the right was his assistant. They were accused of stealing money from the church.
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Smith, Jesse, photographer
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Informal gathering at the bar in Walter Gordon's office, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.
Date:: 1940s
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Mye Haddox, Beulah Honoré, Harold Summers, and Walter L. Gordon, Jr., Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: L to R: Mye Haddox, Beulah Honoré, Harold Summers, Walter L. Gordon, Jr.
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Williams, Charles A., 1907 or 08-1975
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

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