Genre: Black-and-white photographs / Location: California--Los Angeles - UCLA Library Digital Collections Search Results

Dynamite Jackson, Eddie Jackson, and two others, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: L to R: Dynamite Jackson, Eddie Jackson, unidentified man, unidentified woman.
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Ethel (Sissle) Gordon posing outside, Los Angeles, 1940s (2nd copy?)

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

Police officers (including Tom Bradley) from the Newton St. Police Station, Los Angeles

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

Camille Cannady (?) 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

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

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

Alpha Phi Alpha formal, Los Angeles, 1946

Description:: "Davidson" is written above the standing man on the far left.
Date:: 1946
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

"Red" Davis and Kenneth Harris with wives, 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

Black and white teachers, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: Iva Washington is in the front row, far left. Ellen Gillespie is most likely to the right of Washington. The daughter of Clarence Jones is also in the picture.
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Singer Madeline Green, 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

Picnic party near E. 109th Street and Central Avenue, 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 event for 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

Formal event for 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

Mrs. Al Williams and friend, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: L to R: unidentified woman, Mrs. Al Williams (of the Stepbrothers)
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Group of Outstanding Women, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: Seated in the front (L to R) are Betty Hill, Dr. Vada Somerville, and Emily Woodie. Back row: 4th from the right is Martha Jefferson Louis. The other women 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

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

Louise Beavers and two unidentified 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

Helen Gahagan Douglas with two unidentified 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

Group of popular young 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

Dancers and musicians, 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

Informal gathering at the bar in Walter Gordon's office, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: A group of people holding drinks around a bar. The bar was located at the back of Walter Gordon's office. From left to right: Leonard McClain, , Florita Ware, Melba Foppe, Walter Gordon and J.T. Gipson.
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Wesley and Elizabeth Profit out on the 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

Herman Hill, Louise Brooks, and Abie Robinson, 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

Margaret and Otis René at a dance, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: The couple are pictured at the center of the photograph, surrounded by unidentified dancers at what appears to be a black tie event.
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Journalist Paul McGee and his dance partner, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: Paul McGee with his partner (identified only as Ms. Booker) at a dance. They won the waltz contest that night.
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Mamie Wiggins Anderson, Mrs. "Rochester" Anderson, at 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
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Dorothea Towles and Hazel Shumate at a fashion show, Los Angeles, May 1946

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

Fashion show in Los Angeles, May 1946

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

Three young women at a restaurant, 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

Ted Le Berthon and Marque Neal, 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

Backyard fashion show, Los Angeles, 1946

Description:: Standing, at the far left, first row: Evelyn Deloach (with white headcovering), and Muriel Andrade. The others in the photograph are unidentified, but the event appears to be a fashion show.
Date:: 1946
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Phi Beta Sigman men, 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

Garden party at Loren Miller's house, 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 five people in black tie, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: Left to right: Walter Gordon, Hazel Anthony, William Henry "Studd" Greene, Martha Jefferson Louis, Bernard Jefferson.
Date:: 1940s
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Lena Horne and Al Jarvis, 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. and George Reid at Gordon's law office, Los Angeles, 1930s

Description:: All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.
Date:: [between 1937 and 1938)
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Judge Stanley Mosk addressing an event, 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

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

Juliette Ball, Lillian Lomax, Mabel Scott and Gertrude Gibson, 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 of African American entertainers, 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 event for 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

Charlotta Bass 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

L'Tanya and another swimsuit model, 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

Abie Robinson and two unidentified 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

Billie Holiday in 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
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

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

Walter L. Gordon, Jr., and four unidentified men at a nightclub, 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

Floyd C. Covington, executive director of the Los Angeles Urban League, 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. and Hazel Anthony, Los Angeles, 1951

Description:: All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.
Date:: [1951?]
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
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Maceo Scheffield, Arthur Ray, and other actors in a still from a movie, Los Angeles, late 1930s or early 1940s

Description:: Still is possibly from the movie Double Deal, which played at the Lincoln Theater in Los Angeles.
Date:: [late 1930s-early 1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Roscoe Washington, Lionel Hampton, Captain Reid, Curtis Mosby, 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

Fashion show emceed by War Perkins, 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

Dance instructor Adrienne Marshall, 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

Gwen Jones with unidentified soldier and women, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: Gwen Jones is at the far right of the photograph. The others are unidentified. The presence of the soldier in uniform suggests this may have been taken during World War II.
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Group of musicians from New Orleans, 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

Judge Herman & Marie Moore, Paul & Verna Hickman, and Walter and Ida McMorris, 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

Mabel and Mitchell Miles, Edythe and Norman O. Houston, Josie Pryce, and Horace Clark, 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 attended by Earl "Red" Griffin, Al Jarvis, 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

Eddie Deason emceeing an event, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: Deason is pictured here with a number of other young African American men and women.
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Norman O. Houston, co-founder of the Golden State Insurance Company, 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

Jazz musician Eddie Heywood and unidentified 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

Charlotta Bass with two associates, 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

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?]
1940/1949
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

Hamilton T. Boswell and his wife Eleanor on their wedding day, Los Angeles, 1939

Description:: Bride and groom are tentatively identified as Eleanor (nee Gragg) and Hamilton T. Boswell. Mrs. Boswell appears to be showing her wedding ring to two unidentified women. This photograph was likely taken during Mr. Boswell's early years as a pastor in Los Angeles. Possible location is either St. Johns Methodist Church or Bowen Memorial Methodist Church.
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Douglas Photo (Firm)
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Cleo Cloman and family, Los Angeles, 1950s

Description:: Cloman is pictured with his family, likely in front of historic 2nd Baptist Church.
Date:: [mid 1950s]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Sheffield Studio
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Augustus Hawkins and Titus Alexander at the Southern Pacific Station, Los Angeles, 1930s

Description:: L to R: unidentified man, Augustus Hawkins, Titus Alexander, unidentified woman, Bert McDonald, Hugh MacBeth.
Date:: [1930s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Harry "Sweets" Edison 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
Photographer:: Taylor, Sam, 1892-1976
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

King Cole Trio (Nat King Cole, Oscar Moore, Wesley Prince) and an unidentified announcer, 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

Postcard advertising the Dunbar Cocktail Lounge and Grill, 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

Herman Spurlock, Dorothea Towles, and Lincoln Shumate in the audience, 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

Postcard with picture of African American woman, early 20th century

Description:: All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.
Date:: [between 1909 and 1911]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Unidentified African American women posing on a wall, 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

Barber Spencer Browne and his wife, 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:: Sheffield Studio
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Two unidentified African American 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

Marva Louis, 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

Lillian Lomax and three unidentified 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

Gladys Hampton with Ruble Blakey and two others, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: Gladys Hampton holds a script or score for Ruble Blakey.
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Unidentified friend of Tila de los Santos, 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

Marian Downes, Marva Louis' personal secretary, 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 Star Liquor Store on Central Avenue, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: The Five Star Liquor Store was located at 4625 Central Avenue
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Democratic legislator Augustus F. Hawkins with reporter Bené Greene, 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

Wedding of Jackie Robinson to Rachel (Isum) Robinson, Los Angeles, 1946

Description:: All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.
Date:: Feb. 10, 1946
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Melba Foppe at a committee meeting, 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

Entertainer Louise Franklin and an unidentified man, 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

Joe Louis's sister, Eddie Jackson, Lee Gaines, Vivian Jackson and others, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: The woman on the left is identified as "(Barrow) boxer Joe's Lewis sister". Two sisters of Joe Louis are identified as Eulala Barrow and Bunis Barrow (a mistake; she was named Vunies; later Vunis High) in the 1930 Census.
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Boxer Joe Louis, 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

Musician Calvin Jackson and an unidentified woman in Walter L. Gordon, Jr.'s home 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

Unidentified African American couple, 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

Signed headshot of actor Charles Lampkin, 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

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

Garden party at Cassie's house, 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
Photographer:: Sheffield Studio
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Arthur Houston, Herman Spurlock and others 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
Photographer:: Cutler, George M. (George Miles), 1901-1949
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Eddie Green of Duffy's Tavern, 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

Esvan Mosby dancing with female partner, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: Backside of the photograph mentions the name Richard Tucker (tenor, Metropolitan Opera House?) and the address 26 Lime St., Boston.
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Clarence Muse, Lillian Randolph, Henry Armstrong, 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

Beulah Honoré, Leontyne King, Liz McCullough, Harriet Ball and other women, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: Gathering of women, including Leontyne King (upper left in light-colored dress and large dark hat), Beulah Honoré (to the right of Leontyne, in a hat with large light-colored flowers), Liz McCullough (center, just below the lamp shade on the left) and Harriet Ball (front row, center in dark dress and dark hat). Front far right: Mabel Scott.
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Three men playing cards, 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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