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Wives of Sigma Phi Alpha fraternity members at Moulin Rouge, Los Angeles, 1945

Description:
Group portrait of XI Boulé members with their wives at a gathering at Moulin Rouge. Identified persons include: Norman O. Houston (front row, center), Ivan J. Johnson (front row, right), and Drs. John and Vada Somerville (upper left with Vada in a white hat). The Moulin Rouge was located at 6230 Sunset Boulevard.
Date:
1945
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Wives of Sigma Phi Alpha fraternity members at Moulin Rouge, Los Angeles, 1945

Wedding of Ruth and Hugh Bell, Los Angeles, 1925

Description:
Group portrait of the African American participants in the wedding of Hugh Bell and Ruth E. Thompson with the bride and groom in the center, best men on the left, bride's maids on the right a boy and two girls in the center, and three women and two men behind the couple. The bride is in a white dress with head decoration. The bridesmaids are wearing drop waist dresses with a floral design. The men are wearing tuxedos. Palm trees, flowers, and an altar are in the background.
Date:
June 19, 1925
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Weaver LA
Collection:
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Wedding of Ruth and Hugh Bell, Los Angeles, 1925

Visitor's Day at the Citizens' Military Training Camp at Fort MacArthur, San Pedro, 1940

Description:
Group photo of the hostesses for the Haitian Olympic Team in Los Angeles, 1932. Seated, from left: Edith Keyser White; Nella R Blodgett (wife of Louis M. Blodgett); and Miriam Matthews. Standing from left: Kathryn Kinsey; Dr. Anna J. Leggett; Aurora Slater Hoskins; wife of the Haitian counsel; the Haitian Counsel; Lillian M. Tyler (wife of Willis O. Tyler); Helen Louise Wheeler Riddle (wife of John Riddle); Dr. Vada J. Somerville; Mattie Scott Nelson, and Arsine E. Gordon (wife of Dr. G.B.D. Gordon) Inset, Haitian Olympic team members (left to right): Silvio Cator and André Théard.
Date:
1932
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Studio of Smith, L.A.
Collection:
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Visitor's Day at the Citizens' Military Training Camp at Fort MacArthur, San Pedro, 1940

Twenty-sixth Biennial Grand Boulé of the Sigma Pi Phi Fraternity at the Statler Hilton, Los Angeles, 1962

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).
Date:
August 1-4, 1962
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Twenty-sixth Biennial Grand Boulé of the Sigma Pi Phi Fraternity at the Statler Hilton, Los Angeles, 1962

Portraits taken at the Founders Luncheon of the Delta Sigma Theta Sorority to celebrate the 57th anniversary of its founding, Los Angeles, 1970

Description:
Founders of the Delta Sigma Theta Sorority at a Founders Luncheon held at the Proud Bird Restaurant. Left to right: Miriam Matthews, Portia Broyles Griffith, Roena Muckelroy Savage, Juanita Miller, and Hebe Mack Robinson.
Date:
January 24, 1970
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Portraits taken at the Founders Luncheon of the Delta Sigma Theta Sorority to celebrate the 57th anniversary of its founding, Los Angeles, 1970

James D. Jenkins, Monroe Parker, Bernard Gray, and Charles D. Fowlkes, past masters of the masons, Los Angeles, 1967

Description:
Photograph caption: Clinging to his beautiful engraved plaque, past master Monroe P. Parker beams with appreciation as he poses with members of Thomas Waller Lodge No. 49. Parker was presented the plaque for more than forty-three years of meritorious service to the organization. Pictured from left to right are James D. Jenkins, senior warden; Monroe Parker, honoree; Bernard Gray, past master; and Charles D. Fowlkes, worshipful master. (Los Angeles Sentinel, 21 Dec. 1967: D5)
Date:
December 21, 1967
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
James D. Jenkins, Monroe Parker, Bernard Gray, and Charles D. Fowlkes, past masters of the masons, Los Angeles, 1967

Dr. Vada Somerville, Marian Anderson and Martha Jefferson Louis, Los Angeles, 1940s

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:
[1940s]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Griffin, Earl, b. 1914 or 15
Collection:
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Dr. Vada Somerville, Marian Anderson and Martha Jefferson Louis, Los Angeles, 1940s

Dr. Dorothy Height, Dr. Vada Somerville, Juanita Miller, Louise Grooms, Eunice H. Carter, Mamie Davis and others at a gathering, Los Angeles, 1950s

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:
[1950s]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Dr. Dorothy Height, Dr. Vada Somerville, Juanita Miller, Louise Grooms, Eunice H. Carter, Mamie Davis and others at a gathering, Los Angeles, 1950s

Company A. University Southern California Unit Student Army Training Corps, Los Angeles, circa 1914-1919

Description:
Group portrait of the USC Student Army Training Corps, Company A, with two African American men and 57 white men wearing military uniforms. They are grouped in front of a large palm tree, with a building in the far background, possibly on the campus of the USC.
Date:
[circa 1914-1919]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Company A. University Southern California Unit Student Army Training Corps, Los Angeles, circa 1914-1919

Choir of the People's Independent Church of Christ, Los Angeles, 1920s

Description:
Group portrait of Reverend N. P. Greggs with the choir and musicians of People's Independent Church of Christ in front of the church (1025 E. 18th St., & and Paloma). The choir has 45 members. The musicians, three men on each side of the choral group, include three violinists, two trumpet players and one saxophonist.
Date:
[1920s]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Choir of the People's Independent Church of Christ, Los Angeles, 1920s

Boys' school portrait with their teacher at the 49th Street School, Los Angeles, 1940-1960

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:
[1940-1960]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Boys' school portrait with their teacher at the 49th Street School, Los Angeles, 1940-1960

Bessie Bruington Burke with elementary school students, Los Angeles, 1918-1938

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:
[1918-1938]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Bessie Bruington Burke with elementary school students, Los Angeles, 1918-1938

Alpha Kappa Alpha women, Los Angeles, 1910-1920

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:
[1910-1920]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Tivoly L. A.
Collection:
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Alpha Kappa Alpha women, Los Angeles, 1910-1920

Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority members Martha Williams, Carol Brice, and Ursula Murrell at a sorority event, Los Angeles, 1935-1950

Description:
Carol Brice was an American contralto. She studied at Palmer Memorial Institute, Talladega College in Talladega, Alabama (BA, 1939), and the Juilliard School of Music (1939-1943). She attracted considerable attention for her role in a production of The Hot Mikado at the New York World's Fair (1939), where she worked with Bill "Bojangles" Robinson. Brice made her recital debut in 1943, that year becoming the first African-American to win the Walter Naumburg Award. Her concerts often featured the piano accompaniment of her brother, Jonathan Brice.
Date:
[1935-1950]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Cutler, George M. (George Miles), 1901-1949
Collection:
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority members Martha Williams, Carol Brice, and Ursula Murrell at a sorority event, Los Angeles, 1935-1950

Alpha Kappa Alpha 15th Boule conference at UCLA, Los Angeles, 1932

Description:
Group photograph of about 125 members of the Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority in the courtyard behind Kerckhoff Hall at UCLA. Helen Louise Riddle is standing in the next to last row within the center arch, centered between the ladies who are 3rd and 4th from the right in the last row under the center arch (representing the Sigma Chapter of the AKAs). A flower-covered sign reads "Boule 1932."
Date:
August 1932
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Alpha Kappa Alpha 15th Boule conference at UCLA, Los Angeles, 1932

African American school principals of Los Angeles, 1962

Description:
Alma Willa Greene Covington, was an educator for 40 years and a principal for 17 in Los Angeles. She earned her degrees from the University of Southern California and the University of California Los Angeles. She participated in civic affairs and teacher recruitment. She was the daughter of Thomas A. Greene, and the wife of Floyd Covington Sr.
Date:
April 1962
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Adams, Harry H., 1918-1988
Collection:
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
African American school principals of Los Angeles, 1962

Advertisement for Freita Shaw's Etude Etheopian Chorus Benefit Concert, Los Angeles, 1924

Description:
The photograph on the advertisement is a group portrait of the chorus standing in front of a brick building. The flyer reads: "Freita Shaw's / Etude Etheopian Chorus / in its first / Benefit Concert / For the Y. W. C. A. / at the Jefferson High School Auditorium / Monday Sept. 15 8pm. / Etude Etheopian Chori / Freita Shaw, Directress, Mattie Duckett, Business Manager / Juanita Terry, Accompanist / Featuring Classics, Spirituals, Plantation Melodies / The proceeds from this entertainment will go to "Womanhood Armor" / The YMCA's. Health Class / Admission 50 [cents] / Printed by A. J. Johnson, 3213 Central Ave., HU 7228"
Date:
1924
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Advertisement for Freita Shaw's Etude Etheopian Chorus Benefit Concert, Los Angeles, 1924

A. C. Bilbrew and others at the Bethune Women's Day event at the Second Baptist Church, Los Angeles, 1962

Description:
A. C. Bilbrew was the director of the first black choir featured in a film, 1928's Hearts of Dixie, which also happened to be the first black "talkie." She was also a pioneer in radio, becoming the first African American soloist on the radio in 1923, and later, the first African American to have and host a show in 1942. She was a cast member of the movie The Foxes of Harrow in 1947. Bilbrew was a champion of women's rights and childhood literacy; she was a community leader, musician, poet, and deputy to Kenneth Hahn (County Supervisor) A Los Angeles branch library is named after her.
Date:
August 1962
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Adams, Harry H., 1918-1988
Collection:
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
A. C. Bilbrew and others at the Bethune Women's Day event at the Second Baptist Church, Los Angeles, 1962