Genre: Black-and-white photographs / Location: California--Los Angeles / Collection: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection - UCLA Library Digital Collections Search Results

Wedding reception for Bernyce and Leon Smith 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

Bessie Gant and her husband, Forrest Gant, the Hills, and 6 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

Alyce Key and Count Basie on stage, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: L to R: Alice Key, Count Basie.
Date:: 1940s
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Merriman, Ted
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Composer Leon René and jazz musician Count Basie, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: Left to right: Leon René and William "Count" Basie.
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Merriman, Ted
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

William G. (Bill) Nunn and Halley Harding, 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

Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority gathering, 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

Ethel (Sissle) Gordon driving a Red Cross wagon, 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

Benita Seltzer, sister of Ethel (Gordon) Sissle, 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

Large, racially-mixed audience in an auditorium, 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

Louise Beavers, Leonard Reed, and Lee Gaines behind the Musart Theatre on the opening night of Two in a Bed, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.
Date:: February 27, 1946
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Businessman C. W. Hill 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
Photographer:: Cutler, George M. (George Miles), 1901-1949
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Club Alabam chorus line, 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

Ethel (Sissle) Gordon with soldiers and civilian 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

Ethel Sissle, Marva Louis, and Catherine Garcia at Noble Sissle's house, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: In 1946, Noble Sissle lived at 2126 S. Harvard Blvd., Los Angeles.
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Hazel Moreland dancing with Billy Rowe at a formal, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: The gentleman smiling in the background was identified by Mr. Gordon as Dr. Howard Allen. The woman he is dancong with may be his wife, Hilda Birtha Allen.
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Miriam Matthews, Angelique DeLavallade and unidentified individuals, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: The woman (fourth from the left, in the back wearing a necklace) is Angelique DeLavallade. Miriam Matthews is fifth from the left, dressed in a black coat. The other individuals in the photo are unidentified, although Walter Gordon believed that the woman standing to the right of the man in uniform ran an escrow company.
Date:: [1940s?]
1940/1949
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Nelson Cresswell and Maudine Simmons Creswell, 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

Jimmy Mundy and an unidentified 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

Group of musicians and others, Los angeles, 1940s

Description:: All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.
Date:: [1940s?]
1940/1947
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

L'Tanya models a white satin dress, 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

Mildred Boyd, 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

George "Sandy" Jackson and his wife Muriel at a party, Los Angeles, early 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

Earl "Red" Griffin, man about town, 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

Leon Hardwick with Lil Cumber and Melba Foppe, 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

Ethel Sissle modelling in a fashion show emceed by Dickie Barrow at Elk's Hall , Los Angeles, 1945

Description:: All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.
Date:: 1945
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Ethel (Sissle) Gordon with son Noble Sissle, Jr., 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

Sydney P. Dones and two unidentified women playing ping pong, 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

Nat King Cole, Noble Sissle, 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
Photographer:: Hansen, A.
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Sydnetta Smith, Eslanda Robeson, and Tycene Randolph, 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

Formal affair with dancing, 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

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
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
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Large gathering of prominent African Americans, Los Angeles, between 1925 and 1930

Description:: Harry Levette is seated at the far right. Harry Cutler is seated at the far left, and Herman Hill is seated 2nd from the left (next to Mr. Cutler). At the large table are Marshall Denton (2nd from left), Lena Horne (4th from the left). Other names on the photograph are illegible, and the other individuals are unidentified.
Date:: [between 1925 and 1930?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Lionel and Gladys Hampton, Alyce Key, and Bessie Gant, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: L to R: Lionel Hampton, Alyce Key, Bessie Gant, Gladys Hampton.
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Anne Harris Wheeler and three friends, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: Anne Harris Wheeler is 2nd from the right. The other three women in the photograph are unidentified.
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Unidentified Woman, William Goodloe, Juanita Goodloe, Walter Gordon, Jr., Liz McCullough, and Mye Haddox in Los Angeles, circa 1951

Description:: Walter Gordon could not remember the name of the woman on the far left, but he represented her when she was arrested by federal authorities for drug possession. He won her case.
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Boxer Joe Louis and comedian Wonderful Smith, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: L to R: Joe Louis, Wonderful Smith.
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Caleb Peterson in Los Angeles to perform Othello, 1946

Description:: All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.
Date:: [1946?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Soprano Hortense Love at a recital, 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

Boxer Joe Louis at a reception with Los Angeles officials, 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

Nicky Taylor, wife of Sam Taylor, 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. Nate Fearonce, Angelique DeLavallade, and B. B. Bratton, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: L to R: unidentified woman, Dr. Nate Fearonce, Angelique DeLavallade and her husband, CPA B. B. Bratton.
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Club Alabam chorus line, 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

Five women in winter clothing, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: Five women in winter clothing (some with fur stoles). The woman on the far right is Ellen Cussman. Second from left is Helen Wright.
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Billie Holiday being questioned by her attorney, Walter L. Gordon, Jr., Los Angeles, 1950

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

Group photograph at a nightclub, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: Everette Porter, who became a judge, is in the back, center.
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Woods, Clyde, photographer
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Fraternity affair 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
Photographer:: Matthews Photographic & News Service
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Garden party in Los Angeles, circa 1950

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

George and Camille Cannady, 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

Comedian Wonderful Smith and Joe Greene at a 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

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