Subject: Los Angeles (Calif.) / Genre: Portrait photographs / Collection: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection - UCLA Library Digital Collections Search Results

Description:: Bessie Bruington Burke is recognized as the first black principal of a Los Angeles public school. She attended Los Angeles State Normal School (now part of UCLA) and earned her teaching credential in 1911. Her education was paid for by the Los Angeles Forum, a political and civic organization founded by African Americans in the early 20th century.
Date:: [circa 1907]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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Description:: Loran Miller (right) with his family. The older, seated woman is probably his mother Nora Magdalene Miller. The two other men may be two of his then three his brothers (Roland, Cecil and Halvor -- Halvor lived in Chicago later in his life). The younger woman may be his sister Helen Addison.
Date:: September 1957
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Adams, Harry H., 1918-1988
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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Description:: Lorenzo Bowdoin was a Los Angeles businessman, civic leader, philanthropist and NAACP leader. One of the first three black clerks hired by the Los Angeles Post Office in 1906, he worked there for 38 years and improved hiring and promotion policies for blacks. He was one of the organizers of Angelus Mortuary (1925) and was the treasurer for many years. He was also a member of the board of directors of the Haitian Coffee Co. He was active in many civic organizations including the Metropolitan YMCA.
Date:: [circa 1950]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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Description:: Charlotta Bass was the publisher of the California Eagle newspaper from 1912 to 1951, and a civil rights activist. The California Eagle, covering Los Angeles' African-American community, was one of the oldest and longest running African American newspapers.
Date:: [1940-1960]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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Description:: Samuel Boba Danley and Theresa Bel Virginia Harper Danley were the parents of Margaret Helena Danley.
Date:: 1923
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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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:: [1960s]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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Description:: Frederick Madison Roberts was a newspaper owner and editor, educator, and business owner. He was also the first African American elected to the California State Assembly. Roberts was a great-grandson of Sally Hemings and President Thomas Jefferson.
Date:: [1925 or 1935]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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Description:: Gathering of 16 women and one infant at a dining table. They are members of the family of the successful barber J. H. Skanks.
Date:: [1890-1910]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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Description:: First African Methodist Episcopal Church, Los Angeles, is the oldest church founded by African Americans in the City of Los Angeles, dating to 1872. Biddy Mason established the church to minister to the mind, body, and soul of the community. This church served as the cornerstone of the community for spiritual growth, social uplift, and economic development.
Date:: [between 1915-1919]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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