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Poster for the First Annual Baptist Hour Program, Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, May 30, 1954

Description:
Various Baptist churches sponsored a "Baptist hour" at the Shrine Auditorium on Sunday, May 30, 1954, which included the Unity Chorale Chorus (made up of choir members from many different churches). The principal speaker was the Reverend L. B. Moss (in some news stories he is identified as L. W. Moss), and Walter L. Gordon, Jr. was the MC for the event.
Date:
1954
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection
Poster for the First Annual Baptist Hour Program, Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, May 30, 1954

Dancers Charles "Cholly" Atkins, Charles "Honi" Coles, Mae Johnson, Alyce Key, and Gary Lambert "Pete" Nugent, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:
At table, left to right: Charles "Cholly" Atkins, Charles "Honi" Coles, Mae Johnson, Alyce Key, and Pete Nugent. Atkins and Coles, preeminent tap dancers, performed together for nineteen years, starting in 1940. Atkins was an expert wing dancer, while Coles's specialty was precision.
Date:
[1940s?]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Merriman, Ted
Collection:
Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection
Dancers Charles "Cholly" Atkins, Charles "Honi" Coles, Mae Johnson, Alyce Key, and Gary Lambert "Pete" Nugent, Los Angeles, 1940s

Party at photographer George Cutler's house, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:
Seated on floor (L to R): Lillian Fentress, Chester Washington, Bessie Gant, an unidentified woman, Cullen Fentress. Seated on the couch (L to R): Maudelle Richardson, Gladys Hill, Herman Hill, an unidentified woman, a man identified by his last name "Stubberfield" and an unidentified man. Standing (L to R): an unidentified woman and man, Lois Evans, and George Cutler.
Date:
[1940s?]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection
Party at photographer George Cutler's house, Los Angeles, 1940s

Thomas W. Myles, Walter L. Gordon Jr., Jesse B. Mann and others, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:
From L to R: Thomas W. Myles (also known as Tommie), Walter L. Gordon Jr., an unidentified man (son of Clara Lisberg and nephew of Camille Cannady), an unidentified woman (last name Sue/Soo (?), and whose husband was a member of Duke Ellington's orchestra), Jesse B. Mann, an unidentified man.
Date:
[1940s?]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection
Thomas W. Myles, Walter L. Gordon Jr., Jesse B. Mann and others, Los Angeles, 1940s

Party at the residence of Lillian and Jack Chase, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:
Melba Foppe is seated in the second row, 1st from the left (dressed in striped shirt and holding a glass, eyes closed). A row of men is behind the crowd: James Garcia is in this row (1st from the left, facing the camera, behind a woman in a hat). Louise Brooks is the older woman seated on the couch against the window. The others in the photo are unidentified.
Date:
[1940s?]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection
Party at the residence of Lillian and Jack Chase, Los Angeles, 1940s

Actress Mae Johnson on the opening night of Two in a Bed at the Musart Theatre, Los Angeles, 1946

Description:
Actress Mae Johnson in the middle of a a crowd, behind the Musart Theatre (1320 S. Figueroa) the opening night of the play titled Two in a Bed, which she performed in with Louise Beavers. Mitchell Miles is in the foreground with his back to the camera. Sentinel reporter Wendell Green is standing to the left of Mae Johnson. Millie Monroe is standing at the far right, dressed in a light-colored fur coat. The gentleman standing to the right of Mae Johnson is possibly Bob Bennett.
Date:
February 27, 1946
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection
Actress Mae Johnson on the opening night of Two in a Bed at the Musart Theatre, Los Angeles, 1946

Stuff and Dottsie Crouch, Vernon Mendez, "Sunshine Sammy" and Eddie "Rochester" Anderson, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:
Ernie "Sunshine Sammy" Morrison is seated on the floor to the far left. Behind him is Stuff Crouch. To the right of Stuff Crouch is his wife Dottsie. Seated in the center of the couch is Vernon Mendez. The woman in the hat is Mendez's girlfriend (name unknown). In the foreground (kneeling) is a man identified as "Soldier Boy", Stuff Crouch's cab driver. Erroll Garner is on the far right. Eddie "Rochester" Anderson is in the background, 2nd from the right. The other individuals in the photo are unidentified.
Date:
[1940s?]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection
Stuff and Dottsie Crouch, Vernon Mendez, "Sunshine Sammy" and Eddie "Rochester" Anderson, Los Angeles, 1940s