Subject: Lifestyle / Genre: Black-and-white photographs / Language: No linguistic content / Location: California--Los Angeles - UCLA Library Digital Collections Search Results

Wedding reception for Bernyce and Leon Smith 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

Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority gathering, 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

Large, racially-mixed audience in an auditorium, 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

Ethel Sissle, Marva Louis, and Catherine Garcia at Noble Sissle's house, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: In 1946, Noble Sissle lived at 2126 S. Harvard Blvd., Los Angeles.
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Hazel Moreland dancing with Billy Rowe at a formal, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: The gentleman smiling in the background was identified by Mr. Gordon as Dr. Howard Allen. The woman he is dancong with may be his wife, Hilda Birtha Allen.
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Miriam Matthews, Angelique DeLavallade and unidentified individuals, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: The woman (fourth from the left, in the back wearing a necklace) is Angelique DeLavallade. Miriam Matthews is fifth from the left, dressed in a black coat. The other individuals in the photo are unidentified, although Walter Gordon believed that the woman standing to the right of the man in uniform ran an escrow company.
Date:: [1940s?]
1940/1949
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Group of musicians and others, Los angeles, 1940s

Description:: All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.
Date:: [1940s?]
1940/1947
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Sydney P. Dones and two unidentified women playing ping pong, 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

Garden party in Los Angeles, circa 1950

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

Comedian Wonderful Smith and Joe Greene at a party, 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

Two unidentified women standing in front of a rack of clothes, 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

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

Group including Floyd Snelson and Henry Armstrong, 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

Phi Beta Sigma 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

Unidentified African American aviator, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: Most likely a recent enlistee (rank unknown) in the Army Air Force, judging by the shoulder patch and lack of collar and shoulder insignia.
Date:: [between 1942 and 1947?]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Cutler, George M. (George Miles), 1901-1949
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Lillian Randolph and Jack Chase at a dinner party, 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 seven partygoers, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: A group at a party in Los Angeles. From left to right: Judith Hawkins, Joe Birch, LaTanya Griffin, Claude Holman, Suzette Harbin, Mrs. Arthur George and Arthur George.
Date:: [between 1940 and 1949?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Louie Cole with unidentified women, 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

Central Avenue "urchin," 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

Cassie and Paul Harris with their daughter Paula, 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

Unidentified women at 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

Children's party, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: Ethel (Sissle) Gordon is in the center rear, behind Mildred Reed (center), holding a baby. The little boy standing to the right of Ethel Sissle is son Noble Sissle, Jr. The little girl standing in front of woman in the rear (3rd from the right) is Cynthia Sissle. 4th and 5th from the left are Eddie and Vivian Jackson. The woman standing to the right of Ethel (Sissle) Gordon is possibly Mrs. Darby(?), first name unknown.
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Unidentified Central Avenue "country girl", Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr. remembers her as a "country girl" who was frequently seen in the nightclubs on Central Avenue.
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Women at garden party at Noble Sissle's house, 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

Two unidentified women at a garden party, 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 African American women, Los Angeles, 1950s

Description:: Mr. Gordon identified the woman (standing 5th from the left) as Emily Brown Childress Portwig, but the woman's identity is undetermined.
Date:: [1950s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Gathering of women at the Wilfandel Club, 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

Billy Rowe, of the Pittsburgh Courier, and three unidentified women, Los Angeles, late 1940s or early 1950s

Description:: All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.
Date:: [late 1940s or early 1950s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Abie Robinson and three 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

Wedding of Jackie Robinson to Rachel (Isum) Robinson, Los Angeles, 1946

Description:: All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.
Date:: Feb. 10, 1946
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Children's birthday party in a garden, 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

Actor Monte Hawley at a garden party, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: Monte Hawley is pictured at left. The woman and the other man in the photograph are unidentified.
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Hadda (Hopgood) Brooks, Maggie Hathaway, and Dorothy Dandridge at Gibbs Jockey Club Cafe, 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

Woman modeling swimsuit, 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

Louis Armstrong and Alex Lovejoy at Lovejoy's, 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

Unidentified "cutie-pie" who used to socialize with Walter L. Gordon, Jr., 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 unidentified women posing, 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

Spectators at a baseball game at Wrigley Field, 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

Paul and Cassie Harris with their daughter Paula, 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

Elevator operator George Tate with 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

Table of gifts at a party, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: At the far right is journalist Lawrence LaMar. The others in the photo are unidentified.
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Jesse Mann visiting 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

Unidentified woman posing, 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 E. Bryant at Kappa Alpha Psi event, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: The man in the photograph has been tentatively identified as George Ernest Bryant. He is wearing a tuxedo and a button identifying him as a host at a Kappa Alpha Psi function. The woman with him is unidentified, possibly his wife Lucille?
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Unidentified African American women in fur coats, 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

Sydney P. Dones at a formal gathering, 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

Judge John Beardsley being vaccinated, 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

Gwen Jones with unidentified women, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: Gwen Jones is at the far right of the photograph. The others are unidentified.
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Group of African American dancers and journalists, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: L to R: Leonard Reed, Marva Louis, Joe Harris, Clayton "Peg Leg" Bates, Gertrude Gipson, and Bill Graham. The man standing in the back is unidentified.
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Dr. Liddell, Mrs. Taylor, Fannie Benjamin and Olive Neal, 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

Dr. Howard Allen's secretary and her husband, 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

Unidentified African American couple, 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

Crowd at the bar, 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

Respected "senior citizens" and sportsmen, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: Seated, L to R: a man called Hobart, unidentified man, Walter Lawson, unidentified man (a world champion high-jumper), Fred Williams, Mrs. Rich Baker, Rich Baker, unidentified man, Kid North. Standing, L to R: the father-in-law of Edward Atkinson, unidentified man (well-known poker player), Mr. Moore.
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Sheffield Studio
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

Sportsmen and gamblers relaxing, 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:: Sheffield Studio
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Eddie Deason dancing with an unidentified woman, 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:: Morehead, Howard
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Gathering of the "Top Gals", Los Angeles 1940s

Description:: L to R: Unidentified woman (possibly Mrs. Bryant?), Estelle Sherwood, Sarah Griffin, unidentified woman (possibly Mrs. Darby?), Dorothy Johnson, Leontyne King, and Zepherine Brown.
Date:: [1940s]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Guest of honor Marva Louis at a party, 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

Ethel (Sissle) Gordon with daughter Cynthia and Paula Brown Higgins , Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: Ethel Sissle Gordon with her children from her marriage to musician Noble Sissle. Photo was taken after she had moved to Los Angeles and married Walter L. Gordon, Jr.
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Mr. & Mrs. Spencer Browne, 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:: Sheffield Studio
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

Unidentified showgirl 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

Unidentified African American woman, 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

Two unidentified women, 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

Ethel (Sissle) Gordon and an unidentified woman in bathing suits, Atlantic City, 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

Party at photographer George Cutler's house, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: Seated on floor (L to R): Lillian Fentress, Chester Washington, Bessie Gant, an unidentified woman, Cullen Fentress. Seated on the couch (L to R): Maudelle Richardson, Gladys Hill, Herman Hill, an unidentified woman, a man identified by his last name "Stubberfield" and an unidentified man. Standing (L to R): an unidentified woman and man, Lois Evans, and George Cutler.
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Affair at Club Alabam, 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 Central Avenue's Jockey Club, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: Gibbs Jockey Club Cafe was located at 4305 S. Central Avenue in Los Angeles.
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Merriman, Ted
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Well-dressed group dining out, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: Seated on left side of table, L to R: Mabel Miles (1st), Edythe Houston (2nd). Seated of right side of table, L to R: Norman O. Houston (1st), Mitchel Miles (2nd). Standing at the far end of the talbe: Floyd Snelson. Standing in the back: Eddie Atkinson (4th from L).
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Esther Beck and her mother, Jennie S. Bruington posing with a group in a yard, Los Angeles, 1930s?

Description:: Mrs. Jennie Bruington is seated in the center (right). Esther (Bruington) Beck is standing, 3rd from the right. The other individuals in the photograph are unidentified.
Date:: [1930s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Ethel (Sissle) Gordon with her children Noble and Cynthia, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: Ethel Sissle Gordon with her children, Cynthia and Noble, from her marriage to musician Noble Sissle. The photo was taken after she had moved to Los Angeles and married Walter L. Gordon, Jr.
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Unidentified African American woman, 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 including Rev. Samuel M. Beane and L. G. Robinson, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: Rev. Samuel M. Beane is seated in the second row, far left (smiling). L. G. Robinson is seated second from left in the front row. Mr. City is the man in the back row at the right.
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Alpha Kappa Alpha formal 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

Unidentified beauty, 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

Unidentified African American man, 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

Alpha Phi Alpha formal, Los Angeles, 1946

Description:: "Davidson" is written above the standing man on the far left.
Date:: 1946
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

Formal event for women, 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

Formal event for women, 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

Party at the residence of Lillian and Jack Chase, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: Melba Foppe is seated in the second row, 1st from the left (dressed in striped shirt and holding a glass, eyes closed). A row of men is behind the crowd: James Garcia is in this row (1st from the left, facing the camera, behind a woman in a hat). Louise Brooks is the older woman seated on the couch against the window. The others in the photo are unidentified.
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Group of popular young women, 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

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

Wesley and Elizabeth Profit out on the town, 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

Margaret and Otis René at a dance, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: The couple are pictured at the center of the photograph, surrounded by unidentified dancers at what appears to be a black tie event.
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Mamie Wiggins Anderson, Mrs. "Rochester" Anderson, at home, 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

Dorothea Towles and Hazel Shumate at a fashion show, Los Angeles, May 1946

Description:: All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.
Date:: May, 1946
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Three young women at a restaurant, 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

Garden party at Loren Miller's house, 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

Charlotta Bass 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

L'Tanya and another swimsuit model, 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 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

Unidentified African American woman, 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

Gathering attended by Earl "Red" Griffin, Al Jarvis, 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

Drag contest hosted by Bill Hefflin at the Club Alabam, 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:: Woods, Clyde, photographer
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Hamilton T. Boswell and his wife Eleanor on their wedding day, Los Angeles, 1939

Description:: Bride and groom are tentatively identified as Eleanor (nee Gragg) and Hamilton T. Boswell. Mrs. Boswell appears to be showing her wedding ring to two unidentified women. This photograph was likely taken during Mr. Boswell's early years as a pastor in Los Angeles. Possible location is either St. Johns Methodist Church or Bowen Memorial Methodist Church.
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Douglas Photo (Firm)
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Herman Spurlock, Dorothea Towles, and Lincoln Shumate in the 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
Photographer:: Merriman, Ted
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Postcard with picture of African American woman, early 20th century

Description:: All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.
Date:: [between 1909 and 1911]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

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