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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:: [1960s]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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Description:: Since this image is in the Somerville file, the musicians and dancers might be performing music and dance of Jamaica.
Date:: [1940s-1950s]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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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
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Description:: Biddy Mason was brought to California as a slave in a wagon train. She petitioned for her freedom, and a judge granted it to her and her family in 1856. She and her family lived with Robert Owens, Sr., when she first moved to Los Angeles. Her daughter Ellen married Robert Owen's son Charles.
Date:: [circa 1870]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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Description:: Studio portrait of Lorenzo Bowdoin (seated), his daughter, Frances Vaughn, and grandson, Reuben Bowdoin Vaughn.
Date:: [circa 1962]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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Description:: Interior of the Robert Curry Owens house on Albany St., with decorative woodwork and American Indian rugs.
Date:: 1909
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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Description:: Edward Ross Houston was married to Dorothy Isabelle Houston the father of Athenaise "Puffie" Houston Hill and Millie Houston Price. He was the locker room attendant at the Hillcrest Country Club at 10,000 Pico Blvd. in Los Angeles,
Date:: [circa 1918]
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:: [1940-1950]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Cutler, George M. (George Miles), 1901-1949
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Description:: Exterior view of the house of Robert Owens, Sr., with a fence on the left and a picket fence in front with a woman seated on the porch. Seen from the unpaved street.
Date:: [circa 1870]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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Description:: Jessie Terry was a civic leader in the Los Angeles African American community. She was the first Black school board member and she worked for the Los Angeles Housing authority.
Date:: February 1957
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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