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Ethel Sissle, after the birth of her child with Noble Sissle, New York, 1940s?

Description:: Photograph is torn. On the back, the name of the photographer (Haberman) with an address on W. 40th St. is partially visible.
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Photograph taken in connection with a legal action, Los Angeles, 1950s

Description:: Attorney Walter L. Gordon, Jr. believes this photograph was taken as documentation in connection with a legal action for unlawful detainment.
Date:: [1950s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Sheffield Studio
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Jack Chase and Lillian Randolph (Chase), Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Merriman, Ted
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Vivian Jackson posing with two other women, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: Vivian Jackson (of the Jackson twins) is wearing a plaid outfit.
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Merriman, Ted
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Photograph taken in connection with a legal action, Los Angeles, 1950s

Description:: Attorney Walter L. Gordon, Jr. believes this photograph was taken as documentation in connection with a legal action for unlawful detainment.
Date:: [1950s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Sheffield Studio
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Group of well-dressed, well-known women, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: L to R, first row: Lil Hammond, Regina Moore, Louise Beavers, Dorothy Mundy (with mole on face), unidentified woman (in black dress). Leontyne King (wearing printed dress, behind Dorothy Mundy). L to R, second row: an unidentified woman, Hazel Washington, Cassie Harris (wearing light-colored hat), Mildred Reed (with dark hair piece), and Bea (Beatrice) DeVaughan. L to R, back row: Gwendolyn Russell and an unidentified woman.
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Merriman, Ted
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

H. Leonard Richardson and his wife Maudelle in a group, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: Maudelle and H. Leonard Richardson are seated in the center, 3rd and 4th from the left. The others in the photograph are unidentified.
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Sadie Louise and Dewey D. Davidson at a dance, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

African American business and legal figures, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Wynonie Harris, Lorenzo Flennoy, and Dan Grissom at Al Austin's Casa Blanca nightclub, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: L to R: unidentified guitarist, Dan Grissom, Wynonie Harris, another unidentified musician, Lorenzo Flennoy and Al Austin. Photo taken at the club Casa Blanca at 2801 S. San Pedro in Los Angeles.
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

L'Tanya, fashion designer, 1940s

Description:: LaTanya (L'Tanya) Griffin inscribed this photo to Walter L. Gordon, Jr.: "To the 'Great One': It is my pleasure knowing you. -- L'Tanya Griffin. At the bottom of the photo, Walter L. Gordon, Jr. has inscribed the photo as "Red Griffin's Pygmalion" (Red Griffin was LaTanya's husband).
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Reed, John E.
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Betty Clark and Ruby Joyce, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Attorney Leo Branton, Jr. and an unidentified man, Los Angeles, 1950s

Description:: All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.
Date:: [1950s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Douglas Photo (Firm)
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Cassie Harris and Ethel (Sissle) Gordon, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

John Coleman, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.
Date:: [1940s?'
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Walter L. Gordon, Jr., out with a group, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Matthews Photographic & News Service
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Walter L. Gordon, Jr., as master of ceremonies, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Unidentified African American woman, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Douglas Photo (Firm)
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Walter L. Gordon, Jr., Lionel Hampton, and Charles Drew at the Plantation Club, Los Angeles, late 1940s

Description:: Taken at Fatty Arbuckle's Plantation Club, in the 11700 block of Washington Blvd. in Culver City.
Date:: [late 1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Walter L. Gordon, Jr. and Billie Holiday, Los Angeles, 1949

Description:: All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.
Date:: 1949
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: McLain's Photo Service
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Unidentified African American woman, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Douglas Photo (Firm)
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Rev. Hamilton (Ham) Boswell performing a baptism, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Comedian Freddy Clark, Marguerite Chapman and others, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: Left to right: unidentified man, Marguerite (Margarite?) Chapman, Freddy Clark, husband of Marguerite Chapman, unidentified woman.
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Gathering at the bar in Walter L. Gordon, Jr.'s office, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Heavyweight champion Joe Louis on the golf course, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Dr. John M. Robinson and Mr. and Mrs. Curtis C. Taylor, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: At the far left, holding a fur coat, is Dr. John M. Robinson. 2nd and 3rd from the left are Mr. and Mrs. Curtis C. Taylor. The other two people in the photograph are unidentified, although it is possible that the man at the far right is Harold Young.
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Merriman, Ted
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Cynthia and Noble Sissle Jr., children of Ethel (Sissle) Gordon, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Jay Moss with Betty and Ralph Vaughn, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Attorney Reginald L. Vaughan, San Francisco, 1940s

Description:: Liikely Reginald Leighton Vaughan.
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Drag contest hosted by Bill Hefflin at the Club Alabam, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Woods, Clyde, photographer
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Cast of the musical Carmen Jones at George Garner's residence, Pasadena, 1950s

Description:: All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.
Date:: [1950s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Griffin, Lola
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Sue Jackson in a bathing suit, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Matthews Photographic & News Service
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Bathing beauty, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Matthews Photographic & News Service
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Julian Rainey with Miss Booker, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Taylor, Sam, 1892-1976
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Unidentified African American woman, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Brother Williams, Almena Lomax, Florence Cadrez and Aristide Chapman, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: L to R: Henry "Brother" Williams, Almena (Davis) Lomax, Florence Cadrez, Aristide Chapman.
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Party at a club on San Fernando Road, San Fernando, Calif, 1950s

Description:: Mrs. Xenophon Lang (3rd from left), Xenophon Lang (8th from left, in black tie), Lovell Moore (9th from left, in black tie), Jack Tenner (11th from left); Catherine Tye (7th from right, holding cigarette), Laura Pearson (2nd from right), and Ada Shumate (furthest to right).
Date:: [1950s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Bob Douglas Photo
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Group of "well-behaved women," Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: A group of well-behaved women; nice, serious girls. Back far left: Gertrude Gipson-Penland. Back second from left: Leontyne King. Back third from left: Beulah Honoré. Second row, second from left (closed-mouth smile): unknown (real estate agent). Second row, fifth from left (young woman under the lamp): Elizabeth McCullough. Front far right: Mabel Scott. Harriet Ball (front row, center in dark dress and dark hat).
Date:: [between 1940 and 1949?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Photograph taken in connection with a legal action, Los Angeles, 1950s

Description:: Attorney Walter L. Gordon, Jr. believes this photograph was taken as documentation in connection with a legal action for unlawful detainment.
Date:: [1950s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Sheffield Studio
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Mae Johnson, Nelson Creswell, Rex Ingram, Avanelle Harris, Alyce Key, Count Basie and Charlotte Strickland at the Plantation Club, Los Angeles, 1950s

Description:: All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.
Date:: 1950s
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Lena Horne and actress Mae Johnson on the opening night of Two in a Bed at the Musart Theatre, Los Angeles, 1946

Description:: This event was covered in the article, by Wendell Green "'Two in a bed' smash hit; set for long run: spicy boudoir farce hilarious laff hit ," Los Angeles Sentinel, 28 Feb.: 1946: 18.
Date:: February 27, 1946
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Group of women, Los Angeles 1940s

Description:: All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Charioteers, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Actor Clarence Muse with his wife, Willabelle, and son, Dion, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: L to R: Clarence Muse, wife, son.
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Dancer and actress Mae Johnson in Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Boston attorney Julian D. Rainey and others, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.
Date:: [1940s]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

William Goodloe, Juanita Goodloe and others at a garden party, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.
Date:: [1940s]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Gathering at Walter L. Gordon's home, Los Angeles 1940s

Description:: All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Williams, Charles A., 1907 or 08-1975
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Eddie Green, Hadda Brooks, "Peg Leg" Bates, and Frank Sinatra, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Benefit event at the Club Alabam, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

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