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Los Angeles County Courthouse seen from Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, circa 1958

Description:
The Los Angeles County Courthouse (Stanley Mosk Courthouse) was designed by: Austin, Field, and Fry, Architects; Martin, A.C. and Associates, Architects; Stanton and Stockwell, Architects; Williams, Paul R. and Associates; Wilson and Associates; William Allen; John Corneby Wilson Austin; Albert Carey Martin Jr.; Jesse Earl Stanton; William Francis Stockwell; Paul Revere Williams); and Adrian Jennings Wilson.
Date:
[circa 1958]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Los Angeles County Courthouse seen from Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, circa 1958

Los Angeles Chapter of Howard University Alumni Association, Los Angeles, 1918

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:
July 4, 1918
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Los Angeles Chapter of Howard University Alumni Association, Los Angeles, 1918

Lorenzo Bowdoin with Theresa Lindsay receiving an award from the Women's Sunday Morning Breakfast Club, Los Angeles, 1962

Description:
Lorenzo Bowdoin holds a book and Theresa Lindsay holds his awards when he was honored by Women's Sunday Morning Breakfast Club for his contributions to the community for the past 50 years at its "This is Your Life" program Sunday. Lindsay was president of the club.
Date:
November 11, 1962
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Lorenzo Bowdoin with Theresa Lindsay receiving an award from the Women's Sunday Morning Breakfast Club, Los Angeles, 1962

Lorenzo Bowdoin receives an award from the Women's Sunday Morning Breakfast Club, Los Angeles, 1962

Description:
Text from newspaper caption: Bowdoin overwhelmed -- Lorenzo Bowdoin was cited by Women's Sunday Morning Breakfast Club for his contributions to the community for the past 50 years at its "This is Your Life" program Sunday. From left: Mrs. Theresa Lindsay, club president; Bowdoin; Fay Jackson, who narrated the story of Bowdoin's life; and Frances Vaughn, his daughter. [newspaper not identified]
Date:
November 11, 1962
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Lorenzo Bowdoin receives an award from the Women's Sunday Morning Breakfast Club, Los Angeles, 1962

Lorenza Jordan Cole, concert pianist, at a recital at the Embassy auditorium, Los Angeles, 1948

Description:
Group portrait of young women on the front porch of a house located at 124 East 4th St. Emma P. Barrett Boyd is on the right in a white dress with a dark bow tie and hat. Three other women wear dark skirts and white blouses with dark bow ties and hats. The women in the center wears a dark skirt and print blouse.
Date:
December 12, 1948
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Williams, Charles, 1908-1986
Collection:
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Lorenza Jordan Cole, concert pianist, at a recital at the Embassy auditorium, Los Angeles, 1948

Loren Miller, seated, with Billy G. Mills and Eula English at the opening of the English Square office building, Los Angeles, 1964

Description:
Loren Miller, seated, beside Billy Mills speaking at a microphone, and Eula English, with a crowd of people behind them at the opening of the English Square office complex at 85th and Broadway. The owner of English Square was attorney Herman English.
Date:
February 19, 1964
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Adams, Harry H., 1918-1988
Collection:
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Loren Miller, seated, with Billy G. Mills and Eula English at the opening of the English Square office building, Los Angeles, 1964

Loren Miller seated beside a man at the opening of the English Square office building, Los Angeles, 1964

Description:
Loren Miller, seated beside a man speaking at a microphone, with a crowd of people behind them, at the opening of the English Square office complex at 85th and Broadway. The owner of English Square was attorney Herman English.
Date:
February 19, 1964
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Adams, Harry H., 1918-1988
Collection:
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Loren Miller seated beside a man at the opening of the English Square office building, Los Angeles, 1964

Loren Miller, seated, and Billy Mills at the opening of the English Square office building, Los Angeles, 1964

Description:
Loren Miller, seated, beside Billy Mills, speaking at a microphone, with a crowd of people behind them at the opening of the English Square office complex at 85th and Broadway. The owner of English Square was attorney Herman English.
Date:
February 19, 1964
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Adams, Harry H., 1918-1988
Collection:
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Loren Miller, seated, and Billy Mills at the opening of the English Square office building, Los Angeles, 1964

Loren Miller family, Los Angeles, 1957

Description:
Loran Miller (right) with his family. The older, seated woman is probably his mother Nora Magdalene Miller. The two other men may be two of his then three his brothers (Roland, Cecil and Halvor -- Halvor lived in Chicago later in his life). The younger woman may be his sister Helen Addison.
Date:
September 1957
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Adams, Harry H., 1918-1988
Collection:
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Loren Miller family, Los Angeles, 1957

Loren Miller at a testimonial dinner for Mervyn M. Dymally at the Los Angeles Furnishing Mart, Los Angeles, 1963

Description:
Mervyn Malcolm Dymally was a Democratic politician from California who served in the California State Assembly (1963–66), the California State Senate (1967–75), as the 41st Lieutenant Governor of California (1975–79), in the U.S. House of Representatives (1981–93), and later in the California State Assembly (2003–08).
Date:
July 26, 1963
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Adams, Harry H., 1918-1988
Collection:
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Loren Miller at a testimonial dinner for Mervyn M. Dymally at the Los Angeles Furnishing Mart, Los Angeles, 1963

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

La Vada Apartments, Los Angeles, circa 1928

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:
[circa 1928]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
La Vada Apartments, Los Angeles, circa 1928

Kenneth Hahn at an oath ceremony for Henry Davis, Dr. Vada Somerville and Wesley Brazier, Los Angeles, 1963

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:
August 1963
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Kenneth Hahn at an oath ceremony for Henry Davis, Dr. Vada Somerville and Wesley Brazier, Los Angeles, 1963

Juanita Miller, Dr. John A. Somerville, Judge Loren Miller, Dr. William Bailey and Lewis Bohler at a formal event 1950s-1960s

Description:
Reverend Canon Lewis Penrose Bohler, Jr., was the rector of the Episcopal Church of the Advent in West Adams for 35 years, from about 1961-1996. One of the few African American Episcopal priests in Southern California during the civil rights struggles of the 1960s, Bohler participated in dialogues and demonstrations in Los Angeles and made two trips to Selma, Alabama in 1965 during the civil rights marches. Bohler was a member of the Los Angeles County Board of Education and served on the State Board Of Education and the Los Angeles Unified School District Board.
Date:
[1950s-1960s]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Juanita Miller, Dr. John A. Somerville, Judge Loren Miller, Dr. William Bailey and Lewis Bohler at a formal event 1950s-1960s

J. Phyromn Taylor Residence, designed by Paul R. Williams, Los Angeles,1955

Description:
Lafayette Square: Dr. Taylor was one of the first African Americans to move into this upscale white neighborhood. When restrictive covenants were defeated in the California courts, there was an influx of African Americans looking for spacious, lush garden style environments to live. As members of an elite group of financially successful black men, Paul R. Williams, L. Phyromn Taylor and Claude Hudson belonged to the same private membership clubs (Pacific Town Club), served on many of the same business and governmental boards (Broadway Federal Bank) and socialized together. Hudson chose to live in the predominately African American View Park subdivision while the younger Williams and Taylor built their family homes in LaFayette Square.
Date:
1955
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Adams, Harry H., 1918-1988
Collection:
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
J. Phyromn Taylor Residence, designed by Paul R. Williams, Los Angeles,1955

Joseph Blackburn Bass and Frederick Madison Roberts, Los Angeles (?), 1921-1930

Description:
Joseph Blackburn Bass founded the Topeka Call, a black community newspaper. He continued to work on that newspaper when it was purchased by another owner and its name changed to the Topeka Plaindealer. Bass was active in local politics, and in 1896 was one of the Kansas delegates to the Republican National Convention that nominated William McKinley for President. After a short stint publishing a black community newspaper in Helena, Montana, Bass moved to Los Angeles, where in 1913, he accepted Charlotta Spears' offer to edit the California Eagle. Spears and Bass married in 1914.
Date:
[1921-1930]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Joseph Blackburn Bass and Frederick Madison Roberts, Los Angeles (?), 1921-1930

Jannie Bruington and Esther Beck, circa 1920

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:
[circa 1920]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Jannie Bruington and Esther Beck, circa 1920

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

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

House of Emily Brown Childress Portwig and James Rufus Portwig, Los Angeles (copy photo made 1930-1989)

Description:
Los Angeles home of Emily Brown Childress Portwig and James Rufus Portwig, at 1549 W. 35th St. in Los Angeles. Because of Mr. Portwig's Naval career, they name the house "The Anchor" and it was the gathering place for the younger social set called the "Anchorettes."
Date:
[1930-1989]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Adair Photo L.A.
Collection:
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
House of Emily Brown Childress Portwig and James Rufus Portwig, Los Angeles (copy photo made 1930-1989)

House of Bessie Bruington Burke, Los Angeles, 1931-1968

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:
[1926-1968]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
House of Bessie Bruington Burke, Los Angeles, 1931-1968

Hotel Somerville (later the Dunbar Hotel), Los Angeles, circa 1928

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:
[circa 1928]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Hotel Somerville (later the Dunbar Hotel), Los Angeles, circa 1928

Hotel Somerville (later the Dunbar Hotel), Los Angeles, circa 1928

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:
[circa 1928]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Hotel Somerville (later the Dunbar Hotel), Los Angeles, circa 1928

Hotel Somerville (later the Dunbar Hotel), Los Angeles, circa 1928

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 20, 1928
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Hotel Somerville (later the Dunbar Hotel), Los Angeles, circa 1928

Hotel Somerville (later the Dunbar Hotel), Los Angeles, circa 1928

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:
[circa 1928]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Hotel Somerville (later the Dunbar Hotel), Los Angeles, circa 1928

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

Homan United Methodist Church interior, Los Angeles, circa 1958

Description:
Interior view of the Holman United Methodist Church -- a large, open space with light streaming through small, asymmetrical piercings in the thick wall and matching rectangular, sculptural pendant light fixtures. The church is filled to capacity with the pastor on the right curing a church service.
Date:
[circa 1958]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Adams, Harry H., 1918-1988
Collection:
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Homan United Methodist Church interior, Los Angeles, circa 1958

H. Newmark building on South Broadway, Los Angeles, circa 1910

Description:
Blanchard Hall opened was located on the second floor of the H. Newmark Building, which was completed in 1907 with the Bartlett Music Store occupying the main floor. The Blanchard Hall was a prime destination for entertainment. African Americans could go dancing, see black shows and hold revival meetings.
Date:
[circa 1910]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
H. Newmark building on South Broadway, Los Angeles, circa 1910

Harvard Blvd. residence of Drs. John and Vada Somerville, Los Angeles, 1944-1950

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:
[1944-1950]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Harvard Blvd. residence of Drs. John and Vada Somerville, Los Angeles, 1944-1950

Group portrait of the Congregation of the First African Methodist Episcopal Church, 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:
July 09, 1961
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Group portrait of the Congregation of the First African Methodist Episcopal Church, Los Angeles, 1961

Group portrait at the presentation of the plaque honoring Biddy Mason at the Natural History Museum, Los Angeles, 1957

Description:
Gathering for the presentation of the plaque honoring Biddy Mason at the Los Angeles Natural History Museum, including Vassie Wright (3rd from left), and Kenny Habor (holding the plaque) and Gladys Owens, great-granddaughter of Biddy Mason (3rd from right).
Date:
February 1957
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Group portrait at the presentation of the plaque honoring Biddy Mason at the Natural History Museum, Los Angeles, 1957

Group attending the dedication of the Golden State Mutual Life Insurance Co. murals titled "The Negro in California History," Los Angeles, 1949

Description:
Group gathered following the unveiling of the two murals titled “The Negro in California History” in the lobby of the Golden State Mutual Life Insurance Company’s new home office building (4261 S. Central Ave.). The murals were painted by artists Hale Woodruff and Charles Alston and installed on the lower walls of the Roman travertine against which the group is standing. Left to right: George Beavers, Jr., chairman of the board, Golden State Mutual; Charlotta Bass, Publisher of the California Eagle, pulled the cord to unveil the Charles Alston Mural; Norman O. Houston, President, Golden State Mutual; Gussie Woods, mother of Hale Woodruff, pulled the cord to unveil the Woodruff mural; and Titus Alexander, member of the California Historical Society who aided in the research upon which the murals are based.
Date:
1949
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Group attending the dedication of the Golden State Mutual Life Insurance Co. murals titled "The Negro in California History," Los Angeles, 1949

Groundbreaking ceremony for the Hotel Somerville (later the Dunbar Hotel), Los Angeles, circa 1928

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:
[circa 1928]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Groundbreaking ceremony for the Hotel Somerville (later the Dunbar Hotel), Los Angeles, circa 1928

Golden State Council & Juveniles 123 A. U. K. & D. of A. at the First A.M.E. Church, Los Angeles,1914

Description:
Group photograph of African American children in front of the doors of the First African Methodist Episcopal Church. The girls are wearing white dresses with flowers in their hair, and the boys are dressed in black suits. There are about 10 adults in the group. The occasion has to do with the fraternal organization called the Ancient United Knights and Daughters of Africa.
Date:
May 3, 1914
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Golden State Council & Juveniles 123 A. U. K. & D. of A. at the First A.M.E. Church, Los Angeles,1914