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

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

Formally dressed 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
Photographer:: Siminoff, Norman, 1915-1965
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

Night out at an Oakland nightclub, 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

Postcard of baby seated in chair, New Orleans, 1888(?)

Description:: All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.
Date:: [1888?]
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

Members of The Charioteers and others out at a nightclub, San Francisco, 1940s

Description:: L to R: Jimmy Sherman, three unidentified people, Lil Hammond, William B. Williams, Beulah Honoré, an unidentified man, Eddie Jackson, and Ethel (Sissle) Gordon.
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Boxer Joe Louis with "Chicken" and others, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: Joe Louis is seated at the center. His driver, "Chicken," is seated at the far left.
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Lionel and Gladys Hampton, Bessie Gant 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

Gathering of formally dressed 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

Unidentified African American 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
Photographer:: Merriman, Ted
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

African American sorority women in an auditorium, 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:: Griffin, Earl
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Walter L. Gordon, Jr. and Hazel Anthony, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: L to R: An unidentified visitor from Montgomery, Alabama; an unidentified woman, Walter Gordon, and Hazel Anthony (visiting from Chicago).
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Ethel (Sissle) Gordon recruiting for the army, 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

Norman O. Houston, Edwin Jefferson, and Ivan J. Johnson III at a golf awards ceremony, 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

Louise Beavers with her father, William Beavers, behind the Musart Theatre on the opening night of Two in a Bed, Los Angeles, 1946

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

Walter L. Gordon, Jr. with two clients after a trial, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr. (center) with his two clients after a trial. The man on the left was a church minister, and the man on the right was his assistant. They were accused of stealing money from the church.
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Smith, Jesse, photographer
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Eddie Deason dancing with 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:: Morehead, Howard
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Informal gathering at the bar in Walter Gordon'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

Stuff Crouch, Eddie Anderson, and Angelle DeLavallade, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: L to R: Stuff Crouch, an unidentified woman, Eddie Anderson, Angelle DeLavallade.
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Merriman, Ted
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Arthur Simpson, Verna Hickman, and Norman O. Houston, 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

Pearl Bailey and Art Tatum, 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

Showgirls at the Cotton Club, New York, 1930s

Description:: All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.
Date:: [1930s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Mye Haddox, Beulah Honoré, Harold Summers, and Walter L. Gordon, Jr., Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: L to R: Mye Haddox, Beulah Honoré, Harold Summers, Walter L. Gordon, Jr.
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Williams, Charles A., 1907 or 08-1975
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Marva Louis (Mrs. Joe Louis), Haven Johnson, and Ethel Sissle, Los Angeles, 1940s

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

Noble Sissle and Eddie "Rochester" Anderson, 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

Paul Robeson and C. W. Hill, 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

House party in Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: Stuff Crouch is standing near the center, in a light colored suit with a white shirt (he has a moustache). A woman identified as Tassie (last name unknown; there is an obituary for Tassie Freeman (1912-1988) in the Sentinel 23 March 1989) is to the right of Crouch. Behind her and looking forward is a real estate broker named Thomas. To Thomas' right is a professional chauffer (name unknown). Ernie "Sunshine Sammy" Morrison is sitting in front of Stuff Crouch, holding a glass.
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Drummer Buddy Rich with band at the Plantation Club, 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

Party in a personal residence, 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 Lawson, Nelson Creswell 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

Nick (Nicodemus) Stewart with 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

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