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

Arkatov (James) collection

Date:: [between 1946 and 2009?]
Photographer:: Arkatov, James, $d1920-

Attorney Vince Monroe Townsend, Jr., candidate for Congress, with B. B. Bratton and Lt. Gov. Goodwin Knight, Los Angeles, 1947 or 1948

Description:: All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.
Date:: [1947 or 1948]
1947/1948
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Ben Carter and Henry Armstrong on stage, 1940s

Description:: Actor Ben Carter is standing at the far left. Boxer Henry Armstrong is standing at the microphone. The other individuals in the photo are unidentified.
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Boxer Joe Louis, Jim Goodrich (?), and an unidentified woman at a nightclub 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

Charlotta Bass, owner and publisher of the California Eagle, 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

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

Cyrus Chestnut playing the piano in Los Angeles [descriptive]

Description:: Black and white photograph of American jazz pianist Cyrus Chestnut playing piano.
Date:: 2002
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Arkatov, James, $d1920-
Collection:: Arkatov (James) collection

Dr. and Mrs. P. G. White residence, view of cutting garden with parterre beds and lath house, Los Angeles, 1934

Description:: Note on back of photograph: Shelty white with blue trim. Fls on door in pink & blue with blue green stims. Flowers in beds in pink & blue. Tree roses in pink
Date:: May 15, 1934
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Cornell, Ralph D.
Collection:: Ralph D. Cornell Papers, 1925-1972

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

Ethel (Sissle) Gordon with her children Noble and Cynthia, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: Ethel Sissle Gordon with her children, Cynthia and Noble, from her marriage to musician Noble Sissle. The photo was taken after she had moved to Los Angeles and married Walter L. Gordon, Jr.
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Group of men from Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity, 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
Photographer:: Merriman, Ted
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

Group seated at the Last Chance cafe, Los Angeles 1940s

Description:: Seated at the table (L to R) are Mrs. O.T. Dones, O.T. (?) Dones (brother of Sydney Dones), an unidentified woman, and Judy Smith.
Date:: [1940s?]
1940/1949
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Individuals at a formal gathering, Los Angeles 1940s

Description:: All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.
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

Jerry González playing the conga drums, Los Angeles, September 1996 [descriptive]

Description:: Black and white photograph of multi-instrumentalist Jerry González playing the conga drums and an unidentified man playing the double bass.
Date:: September, 1996
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Arkatov, James, $d1920-
Collection:: Arkatov (James) 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

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

Milt Jackson playing vibes in Los Angeles [descriptive]

Description:: Black and white photograph of American jazz vibraphonist Milt "Bags" Jackson.
Date:: 1998-06
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Arkatov, James, $d1920-
Collection:: Arkatov (James) 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

Norman O. Houston, Edythe A. Houston, and Mr. Finkelberg, 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

Old-timers who made good, Los Angeles, 1940s

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

Olive Percival (probably) seated on a spinning wheel at a hearth reading [framed]

Description:: Box with photographs (box 7) lost November 4, 2007 (according to OPAC). Digital image cataloged without original, not able to ascertain dimensions and identification.
Date:: [undated]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Olive Percival papers, circa 1869-1948

Sadie Louise Davidson with beauty school students, Los Angeles, 1940s

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

Unidentified double bassists [descriptive]

Description:: Black and white photograph. Unidentified bassists.
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Arkatov, James, $d1920-
Collection:: Arkatov (James) collection

Unidentified double bass player [descriptive]

Description:: Black and white photograph. Unidentified bassist
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Arkatov, James, $d1920-
Collection:: Arkatov (James) collection

Unidentified female musician [descriptive]

Description:: Black and white photograph. Unidentified.
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Arkatov, James, $d1920-
Collection:: Arkatov (James) collection

Unidentified guitarist [descriptive]

Description:: Black and white photgraph. Unidentified Guitarist.
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Arkatov, James, $d1920-
Collection:: Arkatov (James) collection

Unidentified guitarist [descriptive]

Description:: Black and white photograph. Unidentified Guitarist.
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Arkatov, James, $d1920-
Collection:: Arkatov (James) collection

Unidentified jazz band and bandleader [descriptive]

Description:: Black and white photograph. Uidentified band.
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Arkatov, James, $d1920-
Collection:: Arkatov (James) collection

Unidentified jazz guitarist [descriptive]

Description:: Black and white photograph. Unidentified guitarist.
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Arkatov, James, $d1920-
Collection:: Arkatov (James) collection

Unidentified pianist [descriptive]

Description:: Black and white photograph. Unidentified pianist.
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Arkatov, James, $d1920-
Collection:: Arkatov (James) collection

Unidentified pianist [descriptive]

Description:: Black and white photograph. Unidentified pianist (binder 1/no. 65)
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Arkatov, James, $d1920-
Collection:: Arkatov (James) collection

Unidentified pianist [descriptive]

Description:: Black and white photograph. Unidentified pianist.
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Arkatov, James, $d1920-
Collection:: Arkatov (James) collection

Unidentified soprano saxophone player [descriptive]

Description:: Black and white photograph. Unidentified Soprano Saxophone Player.
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Arkatov, James, $d1920-
Collection:: Arkatov (James) 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

Vivian Jackson and Pearl Bailey 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

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

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

Description:: Collection of approximately 800 digitized photographs and other items collected by Walter L. Gordon, Jr. and given to William C. Beverly, Jr., who donated the collection to UCLA. Collection includes photos given to Walter by his former boss, Charlotta Bass, publisher of the California Eagle, as well as other photos he collected. Photos largely depict African American social life and family life in 1940s Los Angeles and feature celebrities, athletes, politicians, lawyers, and other notable people of the era.
Date:: 1940s

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