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Description:: America Waldo Bogle was the daughter of a slave mother and probably one of the Waldo brothers (Missouri businessmen and slave owners who moved to the Oregon Territory). She married Jamaican immigrant Richard Bogle in 1863. He opened a barbershop in Walla Walla, owned a ranch or farm, and was one of the founders of the Walla Walla Building and Loan Association. Five of their eight children lived into adulthood. Three of the sons became barbers in Portland.
Date:: [1940-1960]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Description:: Gerald Marsh, son of Leon F. Marsh, Sr. and his first wife, Viola, with their children Christopher and Leslie,
Date:: [circa 1956]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Description:: Charlotta Bass was the publisher of the California Eagle newspaper from 1912 to 1951, and a civil rights activist. The California Eagle, covering Los Angeles' African-American community, was one of the oldest and longest running African American newspapers.
Date:: [1945-1950]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Description:: Dr. Vada Somerville (born Vada Jetmore Watson) of Pomona graduated from USC, married dentist John Alexander Somerville (1912), was the first African American woman and the second African American person to graduate from USC School of Dentistry (1918), and was the first African American woman certified to practice dentistry in the state of California. She was a civil rights activist, highly involved in several civic and community organizations.
Date:: [1950s]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Crile Studios (Phoenix, Ariz.)
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Description:: Fay M. Jackson was a journalist, writer, producer and real estate broker.
Date:: [circa 1959]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Description:: Samuel B. Danley, Jr., was a Department of Labor employment specialist. He and Theresa Bel Virginia Harper Danley were the parents of Margaret and Theresa.
Date:: [1940s]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Description:: Eugene A. Johnson and Sarah G. Johnson were the parents of Evelyn Harris and Eugene Johnson.
Date:: [between 1925-1955]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

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