Subject: Los Angeles (Calif.) / Genre: photographs - UCLA Library Digital Collections Search Results

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
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Description:: Exterior view of 2nd Baptist church (2412 Griffith Ave.). A sign with church information states "How to Get Along, [Reverend] Dr. [J. Raymond] Henderson."
Date:: [between 1941-1963]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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Description:: Publicity still of American actress Lillian Randolph wearing a maid's costume in the television show 'Beulah.'
Date:: [1952]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Kisch, John D.
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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Description:: Adobe duplex dwelling located at the corner of New High and Ord Streets in the former neighborhood called Sonora Town. A man is seen purchasing ice cream from a vendor and his mobile cart.
Date:: May 29, 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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Description:: Anne F. O'Ferrall was the President of the Metropolitan branch of the National Association of Colored Women (NACW) from 1948 to 1952.
Date:: January 17-18, 1950
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Blakeley Avalon Photographers (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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Description:: African American man and woman standing at the altar in wedding attire, probably at the 1st A.M.E. Church.
Date:: [1940s-1950s]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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Description:: Exterior view of the adobe house and office of Pio Pico at the Los Angeles Plaza, south of the fountain. The passage on the south side of the Plaza was called Plaza St. On the left is Firehouse No. 1 (aka The Plaza Fire House; the address is now 105 N. Los Angeles St.).
Date:: 1906
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:: [1940s-1950s]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: McLain's Photo Service (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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Description:: Color photograph of the main altar of St. Matthias Episcopal Church. The church was located at W. Washington Blvd. and Normandie Ave. until 1963.
Date:: [circa 1960-1963]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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Description:: Martha Cushnie was a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority, socialite, and member of several charitable organizations in the greater Los Angeles area.
Date:: September 1963
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Adams, Harry H., 1918-1988
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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