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Actors stage a scene from "A House of Horror" for prominent citizens on a sound stage at Hollywood Productions, Los Angeles, 1939

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:
1939
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Actors stage a scene from "A House of Horror" for prominent citizens on a sound stage at Hollywood Productions, Los Angeles, 1939

African American men on a street in Sonora Town, by C. C. Pierce, detail, Los Angeles, 1888

Description:
A group of African American men standing in front of the newly opened Magnolia Saloon, owned by Robert Stewart, located on the corner of New High and Marchessault Street in “Sonoratown”. All of the buildings lining the street are adobe or wood. A wagon is parked across New High Street near a laundry. Two large trees shade that side of the street near a picket fence. The J.W. Robinson Mansion is visible on the left overlooking Castelar and Bellevue (Sunset Boulevard).
Date:
[circa 1888]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Pierce, C. C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946
Collection:
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
African American men on a street in Sonora Town, by C. C. Pierce, detail, Los Angeles, 1888

African American men on a street in Sonora Town, by C. C. Pierce, Los Angeles, 1888

Description:
A group of African American men standing in front of the newly opened Magnolia Saloon, owned by Robert Stewart, located on the corner of New High and Marchessault Street in “Sonoratown”. All of the buildings lining the street are adobe or wood. A wagon is parked across New High Street near a laundry. Two large trees shade that side of the street near a picket fence. The J.W. Robinson Mansion is visible on the left overlooking Castelar and Bellevue (Sunset Boulevard).
Date:
[circa 1888]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Pierce, C. C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946
Collection:
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
African American men on a street in Sonora Town, by C. C. Pierce, Los Angeles, 1888

African American men picketing, Los Angeles, between 1939-1945

Description:
African American men holding picket signs on a street corner. Signs read "If good enough to fight together, why not to work together," "Jim Crow must Go!," "American youth wants Democracy [...]" One man holds a folded newspaper with partial headlines reading "[...]pper attacks [...] Lindenberg"
Date:
[between 1939-1945]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Jackson, Vera, 1911-1999
Collection:
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
African American men picketing, Los Angeles, between 1939-1945

A. J. Roberts in front of the A. J. Roberts, Sons and Company mortuary building on Central Avenue, Los Angeles, 1922 or later

Description:
A. J. (Andrew Jackson) Roberts attended Wilberforce University and Oberlin College. After graduation he taught school, married Ellen Hemings (a granddaughter of Sally Hemings and Thomas Jefferson) in Chillicothe, Ohio, and moved to California as an early pioneer in 1888. He founded a transfer and trucking business in 1905, sold it and founded the A. J. Roberts and Sons mortuary. The firm began at 12th and Los Angeles, moved to 1119-1121 S. Los Angeles, and to 1415 S. Central Avenue in 1922.
Date:
[1922 or later]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
A. J. Roberts in front of the A. J. Roberts, Sons and Company mortuary building on Central Avenue, Los Angeles, 1922 or later

Betye Saar and Alison Saar at their exhibition "Secrets, Dialogues, Revelations: The Art of Betye and Alison Saar" at the UCLA Wright Gallery, Los Angeles, circa 1990

Description:
Alison Saar is an African American artist who seeks to clearly communicate her ideas and emotions through the power of form. Her sculptures have their own personal vocabulary that speaks in a direct language about history, race, and mythology. Her works tell the stories of the African American experience over time and space. She is the daughter of assemblage artist Betye Saar.
Date:
[circa 1990]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Gray, Todd, 1954-
Collection:
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Betye Saar and Alison Saar at their exhibition "Secrets, Dialogues, Revelations: The Art of Betye and Alison Saar" at the UCLA Wright Gallery, Los Angeles, circa 1990

Biddy Mason and others at the house of Robert Owens, Sr., First and Los Angeles St., Los Angeles, circa 1870

Description:
Biddy Mason was brought to California as a slave in a wagon train. She petitioned for her freedom, and a judge granted it to her and her family in 1856. She and her family lived with Robert Owens, Sr., when she first moved to Los Angeles. Her daughter Ellen married Robert Owen's son Charles.
Date:
[circa 1870]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Biddy Mason and others at the house of Robert Owens, Sr., First and Los Angeles St., Los Angeles, circa 1870

Biddy Mason and others at the house of Robert Owens, Sr., First and Los Angeles St., Los Angeles, circa 1870

Description:
Biddy Mason was brought to California as a slave in a wagon train. She petitioned for her freedom, and a judge granted it to her and her family in 1856. She and her family lived with Robert Owens, Sr., when she first moved to Los Angeles. Her daughter Ellen married Robert Owen's son Charles.
Date:
[circa 1870]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Biddy Mason and others at the house of Robert Owens, Sr., First and Los Angeles St., Los Angeles, circa 1870

Bird's-eye view of Los Angeles with the Azusa Street Church in the distance, circa 1895

Description:
The Azusa Mission Church played a key role in the Pentecostal movement at the turn of the twenty century. Its founder, William J. Seymour, an African American preacher, presided over the revival meetings and led the development of the Pentecostal and Charismatic movements. The first meeting was on April 14, 1906. Worship at 312 Azusa St. was frequent and spontaneous with services going almost around the clock. The services were characterized by spiritual experiences accompanied with testimonies of physical healing, miracles, and speaking in tongues. Along with members of the Holiness Movement, services were attended by Baptists, Mennonites, Quakers, and Presbyterians and by persons of different races. Women held positions of leadership. After 1915, the church went into decline; following Seymour’s death, his wife continued to hold worship services until 1931.
Date:
[circa 1895]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Bird's-eye view of Los Angeles with the Azusa Street Church in the distance, circa 1895

Burton W. Chase, Faustina Johnson, Dr. Vada Somerville, Kenneth Hahn, and Charles Antis at Will Rogers Park, Watts (Los Angeles), 1955

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:
June 4, 1955
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Burton W. Chase, Faustina Johnson, Dr. Vada Somerville, Kenneth Hahn, and Charles Antis at Will Rogers Park, Watts (Los Angeles), 1955

Central Avenue street scene with African Americans, Los Angeles, 1939-1945

Description:
One African American man and about six boys stand on the sidewalk at the corner of Central Avenue and E. Vernon. The boy in the striped shirt holds a newspaper with the headline "Trojans lead [...] 6-0" and an article titled "German Sub Sinks British [...] Boat." Across the street is the California Bank building with the dental office of Dr. J. G. Hatcher on the second floor (with his name just visible in the windows).
Date:
[1939-1945]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Central Avenue street scene with African Americans, Los Angeles, 1939-1945

Charlotta Bass and guests at the California Eagle's 70th birthday celebration, Los Angeles, 1949

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:
1949
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Smith, Irving C.
Collection:
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Charlotta Bass and guests at the California Eagle's 70th birthday celebration, Los Angeles, 1949

Charlotta Bass welcomed back by Reuben Borough when she was a candidate for Congress in the 14th District, Los Angeles, 1950

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:
September 1950
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Smith, Irving, C.
Collection:
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Charlotta Bass welcomed back by Reuben Borough when she was a candidate for Congress in the 14th District, Los Angeles, 1950

Church of God in Christ on Central Avenue, exterior view, Los Angeles, 1963

Description:
Exterior view of the Church of God in Christ, a Moorish Revival building (2300 Central Ave). that was originally designed as movie theater. The sign on the building reads “Crouch Temple. Church of God in Christ.” And the marquee reads “God is love / Crouch State Temple / Church of God in Christ […] Daily prayer.” The corner street sign reads “Central Ave.” and “23rd St.”
Date:
1963
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Adams, Harry H., 1918-1988
Collection:
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Church of God in Christ on Central Avenue, exterior view, Los Angeles, 1963

Colored Los Angeles greets Dr. W. E. B. Du Bois in their motor cars, 1913

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), and served on the Police Commission 1949-1953.
Date:
1913
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Colored Los Angeles greets Dr. W. E. B. Du Bois in their motor cars, 1913

Commercial building owned by Margaret Scott, Los Angeles,1930-1950

Description:
Two story commercial building with a Spanish style roof tile accent and relief medallions, on the corner of Griffith Avenue and East 16th Street. The sign reading "Bob's Meat Market" is topped by a "Coca-Cola" logo. The house of Margaret and John M. Scott, at 1011 E. 16th St. is visible beyond the building.
Date:
[1930-1950]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Commercial building owned by Margaret Scott, Los Angeles,1930-1950