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Description:: Street scene on Broadway with late model carriages, horses, and people. City Hall tower is in the left middle ground.
Date:: 1898
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:: [1952-1962]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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Description:: The Watts Riot, 1965, Los Angeles, sometimes referred to as the Watts Rebellion, took place in the Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles from August 11 to 16, 1965. On August 11, 1965, Marquette Frye, an African-American motorist on parole for robbery, was pulled over for reckless driving. A minor roadside argument broke out, and then escalated into a fight with police. The riots were blamed principally on police racism.
Date:: [1965]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Adams, Harry H., 1918-1988
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:: [1950s (?)]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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Description:: Loren Miller, Jr. with his bride, Anne M. Risher (probably), his parents (on right) Juanita Ellsworth Miller and Loren Miller, Sr., and the bride's' parents (on the left). According to Ancestry.com, Miller, Jr., married Anne M. Risher in 1957, and Patricia A. Harris in 1970. This looks like a 1957 photograph.
Date:: [November 16, 1957 (?)]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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Description:: Ursula Pruitt Murrell received a BA and MA in education from USC and was a music teacher in the Los Angeles Unified School District for 30 years. A member of several civic, cultural and charitable organizations, she was known for her involvement in civic work.
Date:: 1946
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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Description:: Ursula Pruitt Murrell received a BA and MA in education from USC and was a music teacher in the Los Angeles Unified School District for 30 years. A member of several civic, cultural and charitable organizations, she was known for her involvement in civic work.
Date:: 1946
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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Description:: Photo of a small group of African American women in business attire at Union Station greet African Methodist Episcopal Church conference delegates. Three hold signs reading "Welcome delegates A.M.E Gen'l Conference Ask Us!," Other African American adults are in the background.
Date:: May 1960
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Adams, Harry H., 1918-1988
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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Description:: Wesley Chapel was built 1902 for the Wesley Chapel Methodist Episcopal Church (now Wesley United Methodist Church) which has an African American congregation. The building was sold in 1946.
Date:: [circa 1902-1909]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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Description:: Wesley Chapel was built 1902 for the Wesley Chapel Methodist Episcopal Church (now Wesley United Methodist Church) which has an African American congregation. The building was sold in 1946.
Date:: [circa 1902-1909]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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