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Supervisor Kenneth Hahn with Dr. Vada Somerville, Los Angeles, 1959

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:
January 1959
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Homuller, J. A.
Collection:
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Supervisor Kenneth Hahn with Dr. Vada Somerville, Los Angeles, 1959

Dr. John A. Somerville at the Los Angeles inspection of the Los Angeles-based auxiliary police, Los Angeles, 1954

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). He served on the Police Commission 1949-1953
Date:
July 1954
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Dr. John A. Somerville at the Los Angeles inspection of the Los Angeles-based auxiliary police, Los Angeles, 1954

Ribbon cutting ceremony for English Square office building, Los Angeles, 1964

Description:
Attorney General Stanley Mosk (3rd from right) ready to cut the ribbon for English Square office complex at 85th and Broadway, with the owner, attorney Herman English, and his wife, Eula (right), and (from left): Reverend W. L. Robinson, attorney Loren Miller, emcee; and Councilman Billy Mills and his wife, Rubye.
Date:
February 19, 1964
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Adams, Harry H., 1918-1988
Collection:
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Ribbon cutting ceremony for English Square office building, Los Angeles, 1964

Leslie Shaw sworn in as Postmaster of Los Angeles by Senator Clair Engle, Los Angeles, 1963

Description:
Leslie N. Shaw was a banker who held the position of Los Angeles postmaster from 1963 to 1969, after which he became president of First City Savings. Mayor Tom Bradley selected Shaw to be president of the Private Industry Council in 1981. He was married to Ann Shaw, a civic leader who was the first African American woman to be elected president of the YMCA.
Date:
April 15, 1963
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Adams, Harry H., 1918-1988
Collection:
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Leslie Shaw sworn in as Postmaster of Los Angeles by Senator Clair Engle, Los Angeles, 1963

Dental office of Drs. John and Vada Somerville, Los Angeles (copy photo made 1930-1989)

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:
[1930-1989]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Dental office of Drs. John and Vada Somerville, Los Angeles (copy photo made 1930-1989)

Mattie Scott (Nelson) and family, Los Angeles, circa 1905

Description:
Scott family at home at 757 San Julian Street, Los Angeles. The woman with the little girl might be Bertha Scott Glenn and her daughter Berthella. The woman seated directly behind her is probably Mattie Scott (Nelson). The other women might be two of the other four Scott sisters, who were Lettie, May and Nellie. One of the men might be Bertha's husband, William Glenn.
Date:
[circa 1905]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Mattie Scott (Nelson) and family, Los Angeles, circa 1905

Drs. Vada and John Somerville and Gilbert Lindsay greet Daisy Lampkin at an airport, Los Angeles, 1954 (?)

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:
[1954 (?)]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Simpson, T. J.
Collection:
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Drs. Vada and John Somerville and Gilbert Lindsay greet Daisy Lampkin at an airport, Los Angeles, 1954 (?)

Dedication of the plaque commemorating the First A.M.E. Church at 8th St. and Towne Ave., Los Angeles, 1973

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:
December, 13, 1973
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Dedication of the plaque commemorating the First A.M.E. Church at 8th St. and Towne Ave., Los Angeles, 1973

School children attending an afternoon movie at the Largo movie theater on 103rd St., Los Angeles, 1960

Description:
Central Avenue is a major north-south thoroughfare in the central portion of the Los Angeles metropolitan area. From approximately 1920 to 1955, Central Avenue was the heart of the African-American community in Los Angeles, with active rhythm and blues and jazz music scenes.
Date:
December 17, 1960
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
School children attending an afternoon movie at the Largo movie theater on 103rd St., Los Angeles, 1960

Jackie Robinson when he played football for the UCLA Bruins, Los Angeles, circa 1939

Description:
Jack Roosevelt Robinson was an American professional baseball player who became the first African American to play in Major League Baseball (MLB) in the modern era. Robinson broke the baseball color line when the Brooklyn Dodgers started him at first base on April 15, 1947. When the Dodgers signed Robinson, they heralded the end of racial segregation in professional baseball that had relegated black players to the Negro leagues since the 1880s. Robinson was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1962. [Wikipedia]. Robinson contributed significantly to the civil rights movement, used his influence, to promote nonviolence, and received NAACP's Spingarn Medal.
Date:
[circa 1939]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Jackie Robinson when he played football for the UCLA Bruins, Los Angeles, circa 1939

Fiftieth wedding anniversary of Drs. John and Vada Somerville, 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), and served on the Police Commission 1949-1953.
Date:
October 16, 1962
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Fiftieth wedding anniversary of Drs. John and Vada Somerville, Los Angeles, 1962

Unboxing of the "The Negro in California History" mural, by Charles Alston, at the Golden State Mutual Life Insurance Co., Los Angeles, 1949

Description:
Board Chairman George A. Beavers, Jr.; President Norman O. Houston; Controller Helen E. Batiste and architect Paul R. Williams view "The Negro in California History - Exploration and Colonization" mural, by Charles Alston, on the floor at the new Golden State Mutual Life Insurance Co. home office building, just after the panel was unpacked. Williams was the architect of the new Golden State Mutual Life Insurance Co. building completed in 1949.
Date:
August 1949
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Unboxing of the "The Negro in California History" mural, by Charles Alston, at the Golden State Mutual Life Insurance Co., Los Angeles, 1949

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

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

Home of Robert James Boyd and Emma P. Barrett Boyd at 1242 El Molino, Los Angeles, 1908-1910

Description:
Born Emma Barrett, Emma is listed as a step daughter living at 1244 El Molino in the 1900 census. In the Los Angeles city directories of 1901 and 1903, she is listed as a laundress living at 1242 El Molino in Los Angeles (now 1242 Kenmore Ave.). She married Robert James Boyd, who owned a barber shop in Los Angeles and they had four children: Barrett, Willis, Helen and Edward. Her first child, Barrett, was born in 1904 or 1905. By 1917 the family was living in Riverside, and Emma and Robert were still there in 1947.
Date:
[1908-1910]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Home of Robert James Boyd and Emma P. Barrett Boyd at 1242 El Molino, Los Angeles, 1908-1910

Dedication of Frederick Roberts Park clubhouse in his honor, Los Angeles, 1959

Description:
Text from newspaper caption: Area persons witnessed dedication Sunday of Frederick M. Roberts Memorial Park clubhouse at 4700 So. Honduras street. Newest facility was named in honor of the late legislator, first Negro elected to California State Legislature. (Los Angeles Sentinel, 4 Jun: 1958: A5).
Date:
May 31, 1959
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Dedication of Frederick Roberts Park clubhouse in his honor, Los Angeles, 1959

W. E. B. Du Bois with Lillian Evanti, Dr. Vada Somerville and others at Pilgrim House, 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
W. E. B. Du Bois with Lillian Evanti, Dr. Vada Somerville and others at Pilgrim House, Los Angeles, 1950s (?)

Reception for Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Somerville at the home of Drs. Vada and John Somerville, 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
Photographer:
Sheffield, Maceo B. (Maceo Bruce), 1897-1959
Collection:
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Reception for Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Somerville at the home of Drs. Vada and John Somerville, Los Angeles, 1950s (?)

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

Memorial tea for Margaret D. Scott, Los Angeles, 1969

Description:
Margaret "Maggie" Scott founded Scott's Hall (a social hall for meetings and dancing) with her husband John. She was a pioneer member of First AME Church, and took active roles in the development of the church, co-founding of the Sojourner Truth Industrial Club in 1904, and was a guiding force in the NAACP fundraising drives of the 1920s.
Date:
April 1960
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Memorial tea for Margaret D. Scott, Los Angeles, 1969

Woodrow Wilson High School by Paul R. Williams, Los Angeles, 1968-1969

Description:
The current Woodrow Wilson High School campus and buildings were designed by the renowned African American architect Paul R. Williams. It was an engineering challenge to excavate over one million cubic yards of earth to re-grade the hilltop and to use 3,500 tons of structural steel for the main buildings. The new Wilson High was the first LAUSD school to implement multi-floored buildings equipped with elevators and escalators to accommodate students with disabilities.
Date:
[1968-1969]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Woodrow Wilson High School by Paul R. Williams, Los Angeles, 1968-1969

Dr. Vada Somerville and Bill Watkins look at a document, 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
Photographer:
Smith, Irving C.
Collection:
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Dr. Vada Somerville and Bill Watkins look at a document, Los Angeles, 1950s

Reverend Hamel Hartford Brookins, Los Angeles, 1961

Description:
Hamel Hartford Brookins was a bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Church for 30 years and a civil rights activist. He helped start and was president of the United Civil Rights Council, which helped the black community recover from the Watts riots in 1965. Throughout the 1960s and 1970s he was an articulate, self-assured champion of black political empowerment.
Date:
June 07, 1961
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Adams, Harry H., 1918-1988
Collection:
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Reverend Hamel Hartford Brookins, Los Angeles, 1961

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

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