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African American school principals of Los Angeles, 1962

Description:
Alma Willa Greene Covington, was an educator for 40 years and a principal for 17 in Los Angeles. She earned her degrees from the University of Southern California and the University of California Los Angeles. She participated in civic affairs and teacher recruitment. She was the daughter of Thomas A. Greene, and the wife of Floyd Covington Sr.
Date:
April 1962
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Adams, Harry H., 1918-1988
Collection:
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
African American school principals of Los Angeles, 1962

Bowdoin family, Los Angeles, circa 1940

Description:
Lorenzo Bowdoin was a Los Angeles businessman, civic leader, philanthropist and NAACP leader. One of the first three black clerks hired by the Los Angeles Post Office in 1906, he worked there for 38 years and improved hiring and promotion policies for blacks. He was one of the organizers of Angelus Mortuary (1925) and was the treasurer for many years. He was also a member of the board of directors of the Haitian Coffee Co. He was active in many civic organizations including the Metropolitan YMCA.
Date:
[circa 1940]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Cloud's Studio, L. A.
Collection:
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Bowdoin family, Los Angeles, circa 1940

Mary McLeod Bethune's birthday party at the Somervilles' home, Los Angeles, circa 1952-1955

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:
July 1950
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Mary McLeod Bethune's birthday party at the Somervilles' home, Los Angeles, circa 1952-1955

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

Demonstrators protesting the firing of Dr. Opal C. Jones, executive director of NAPP, Los Angeles, 1966

Description:
Dr. Opal C. Jones (1919 or 20-1998) was a welfare activist in Los Angeles. In the 1950s, she was associate director of the UCLA campus YMCA, and a social worker at the Avalon-Carver Community Center, providing service resources to low-income residents in south central L.A. In 1965, she was the founder and executive director of the Neighborhood Adult Participation Project (NAPP), one of the main programs administered by the main agency of the Los Angeles “War on Poverty.” At that time there were almost no African American women working as executive directors. In 1966, Jones sought to separate NAPP from the Economic and Youth Opportunities Agency (EYOA) so that it could be operated for the benefit of the community. Joe Maldonado, executive director of the EYOA, fired her. She succeeded in recovering her position and EYOA was reorganized and decentralized as a result of her efforts. Her distinguished career in public service earned her numerous awards, citations, resolutions and certificates from everybody from the president of the United States to the Los Angeles City Council, which named her Woman of the Year in 1960. Born in Tyler, Texas, she received her BA degree from Prairie View A&M University, her master of social work from the Atlanta University School of Social Work and her doctor of education from the University of San Francisco.
Date:
April 1966
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Demonstrators protesting the firing of Dr. Opal C. Jones, executive director of NAPP, Los Angeles, 1966

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

Dr. Vada Somerville, circa 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:
1943
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Jackson, Vera, 1911-1999
Collection:
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Dr. Vada Somerville, circa 1950s

Earliest known photograph of the Los Angeles Plaza, circa 1858

Description:
Early photograph of Los Angeles taken from Fort Moore hill and facing southeast towards the Plaza, with vineyards, orchards and fields visible beyond. The Plaza Church (constructed in 1822) is in the lower left corner, a brick reservoir (built in 1858) is in the middle of the Plaza, on the right is the Jose Antonio Carrillo adobe and, behind it, the house of Pio Pico, the last governor of Mexican California (both houses were demolished for the construction of the Pico House hotel).
Date:
[circa 1858]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Earliest known photograph of the Los Angeles Plaza, circa 1858

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