Genre: Portrait photographs - UCLA Library Digital Collections Search Results

Portrait of a black man, California, circa 1850-1890

Description:: Studio portrait of a young African American man.
Date:: [circa 1850-1890]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Ella Blodgett, Allensworth Blodgett, Jackson L. Taylor, Louis M. Blodgett, Charles H. Matthews, Goodwin Knight, Al Maddox, Arvilla Knight, and Ella Kay Mays, circa 1950

Description:: Group portrait of, left to right, Ella Blodget and Allensworth Blodgett (wife and son of Louis M. Blodgett), Jackson L. Taylor (vice president of Liberty Savings and Loan), Louis M. Blodgett (the contractor who built the first for Golden State Mutual Life Insurance in 1928; president of f Liberty Savings and Loan), Charles H. Matthews (attorney), California Governor Goodwin Knight, Al Maddox (real estate businessman), Arvilla Knight (wife of Governor Knight), and Ella K. Mays (later, president of the National Association of Media Women).
Date:: [circa 1950]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Graduation portrait of Gwendolyn Diggs, 1930

Description:: Gwendolyn Russell was the wife of Reverend Clayton D. Russell. She was an elementary school teacher in the Los Angeles school district for 17 years, worked in the Department of Social Welfare.
Date:: 1930
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Mrs. William H. Cooper, between 1880-1900

Description:: Studio portrait of Mrs. William H. Cooper.
Date:: [between 1880-1900]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Dr. Alice Watkins Garrott, circa 1930

Description:: Studio portrait of Dr. Alice Watkins Garrott.
Date:: [circa 1930]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Tony Curtis, Sidney Poitier, Juanita Ellsworth Miller and two others, circa 1958

Description:: Juanita Ellsworth Miller was the Deputy Director of the Department of Social Welfare for the State of California, a chartered member of the Allied Arts League and a life member of the NAACP. She was married to judge Loren Miller.
Date:: [circa 1958]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Adams, Harry H., 1918-1988
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Portrait of a couple, friends of the Miriam Matthews family, 1890-1910

Description:: Studio portrait of an African American couple. The man stands, holding his hat; the woman is seated, wearing a light-colored dress with a lace bodice and sleeves and a hat trimmed with an ostrich feather.
Date:: [1890-1910]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Alice McKinney, 1890

Description:: Studio portrait of Alice McKinney.
Date:: [circa 1890]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Lou Rawls, at the Fairmont Hotel, 1971

Description:: Lou Rawls was an African American singer and songwriter known for his baritone voice and acting roles. He won Grammy Award (1967).
Date:: October 21 - November 10, 1971
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Delilah Beasley, circa 1919

Description:: Delilah L. Beasley was former Oakland Tribune reporter and noted author of the massive and greatly informative "Negro Trail-Blazers of California (1919).
Date:: [circa 1919]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Wilson Riles, Los Angeles, 1971

Description:: Wilson Camanza Riles was an American educator and politician from California. He served three terms as the elected California State Superintendent of Public Instruction, and was the first African American to be elected to statewide office in California. He founded the Wilson Riles Archives and Institute for Education in Sacramento as a resource for historical information about K-12 public education in California. [Wikipedia]
Date:: June 29,1971
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Theresa Bel Virginia Harper, Sacramento, 1921

Description:: Theresa Bel Virginia Harper Danley was the sister of Helena H. Harper Coates and Calvin B. Harper. She married Samuel Bober Danley and her daughter was Margaret Helena Danley.
Date:: 1921
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Robert Curry Owens, circa 1900

Description:: Robert Curry Owens was the grandson of Robert Owens, Sr., and Biddy Mason, early African American pioneers and Los Angeles landowners.
Date:: [circa 1900]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Marcia McFarlin Reddy

Description:: Studio portrait of Marcia McFarlan Reddy.
Date:: undated
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Dr. John A. Somerville, John Anson Ford, Robert Z. Hardon, Thomas Newton and Wallace Braden, Los Angeles, circa 1948

Description:: Dr. John Somerville, born in Jamaica, was the first black graduate of USC School of Dentistry (1907). He married Vada Jetmore Watson (1912), who also became a dentist. He built the Somerville Hotel (1928), was instrumental in the founding of the Los Angeles chapter of NAACP (1914), and served on the Police Commission 1949-1953.
Date:: [circa 1948]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Smith, A. Ellis
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Mattiwilda Dobbs, circa 1957

Description:: Mattiwilda Dobbs (1925-2015) was an African-American coloratura soprano and one of the first black singers to enjoy a major international career in opera. She was the first black singer to perform at La Scala in Italy, the first black woman to receive a long-term performance contract at the Metropolitan Opera, New York and the first black singer to play a lead role at the San Francisco Opera.
Date:: [circa 1957]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Miriam McCard, Oakland, circa 1929

Description:: Miriam's mother, Louise V. Johnson McCard was sisters with Belle Johnson Butler and Helen Theresa Johnson Harper.
Date:: [circa 1929]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Sarah Mildred Jones, Sacramento, circa 1880s

Description:: Sarah Mildred Jones graduated from Oberlin College. She moved to Sacramento in 1873 to take charge of a segregated school. About 20 years later, when segregation was discontinued, she became principal of the Fremont Primary School. She retired in 1914.
Date:: [circa 1880s]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Anna Dugged Owens, Los Angeles, circa 1900

Description:: Studio portrait of Anna Dugged Owens standing in a satin dress.
Date:: [circa 1900]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

African American student portraits in the El Rodeo Yearbook, University of Southern California, 1925

Description:: Page 143 in the 1925 El Rodeo Yearbook, University of Southern California. Portraits of: William J. Allevato, Wilma Ackley, I. Anient, A. Adams, Elsa M. Anderson, Ercil Adams, Leo E. Anderson, M. Aguirre, Geo. Anderson and H. Allen.
Date:: 1925
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Reverend James Lodge, San Jose, circa 1865

Description:: James Lodge was one of the first deacons and trustees of the First A.M.E. Zion Church in San Jose.
Date:: [circa 1865]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Vivian Osborne Marsh, circa 1941

Description:: Emmanuel Francis (E.F.) Joseph was the first professional African American photographer in the San Francisco Bay Area of California.
Date:: [circa 1941]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Joseph, Emmanuel Francis, 1900-1979
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Girl, possibly Anna Dugged Owens, holding a doll, circa 1880-1890

Description:: Anna Dugged Owens married Robert Curry Owens who was the grandson of Robert Owens, Sr. and Biddy Mason, early African American pioneers and Los Angeles landowners.
Date:: [1880-1890]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Elizabeth Neal, San Francisco, circa 1870

Description:: Studio portrait of Elizabeth Neal.
Date:: 1870
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Vivian Osborne Marsh at the launching of the S. S. Ocean Telegraph, Oakland, 1945

Description:: Emmanuel Francis (E.F.) Joseph was the first professional African American photographer in the San Francisco Bay Area of California.
Date:: April 29, 1945
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Joseph, Emmanuel Francis, 1900-1979
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Woman posing with a toddler boy, 1940-1960

Description:: Young African American woman seated with young child in the living room of a house. Behind them are a lamp on a table and a mantle with family photographs.
Date:: [1940-1960]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Vivian Osborne Marsh at the launching of the S. S. Ocean Telegraph, Oakland, 1945

Description:: Emmanuel Francis (E.F.) Joseph was the first professional African American photographer in the San Francisco Bay Area of California.
Date:: April 29, 1945
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Joseph, Emmanuel Francis, 1900-1979
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Pearl Hinds (Roberts) in her wedding dress with bridal attendants, 1921

Description:: Bridal portrait of Pearl Hinds with (Roberts) in her bridal gown with her attendants, from left: Irene Rutherford, Lillian Wall Williams, the Bride, Lutie Gilbert Saunders, "Essie" (Myrtle Estelle) Roberts Saunders (sister of the groom, Frederick Madison Roberts) and Mamie McKinney Wilds. The little girl is unidentified.
Date:: November 1921
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Frederick Sparrow, 1870-1880

Description:: Frederick Sparrow was the first African American to register to vote in Sonoma County. He was a barber.
Date:: [1870-1880]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Eva Allensworth, circa 1890

Description:: After his retirement from the military in 1906, Colonel Allen Allensworth founded the town of Allensworth in 1908, with the idea that African Americans could own property, learn, thrive, and live the American Dream. It was named by Lt. Colonel Allen Allensworth. It had a school system by 1910. With the death of Colonel Allensworth in 1914, the town experienced extreme losses, coupled with severe drought and decreased crop yields. Many residents left the area following World War I. The town was memorialized as a state park in 1974, and hosts events annually to preserve its history.
Date:: [circa 1890]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Dr. Vada Somerville, 1950s-1960s

Description:: Studio portrait of Dr. Vada Somerville seated in a chair.
Date:: [1950-1970]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Allen Allensworth in uniform, circa 1913

Description:: Studio portrait of Colonel Allen Allensworth in uniform.
Date:: [circa 1913]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Woman in the family of James Marsh Harvey, 1890-1910

Description:: Studio portrait of a woman in the family of contractor James Marsh Harvey.
Date:: [1890-1910]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Calvin B. Harper in military uniform during WWII, 1941-1945

Description:: Calvin Harper was the son of Carilous P. Harper and Helena Theresa Johnson Harper, brother of Bel Virginia Harper Danley and Helena Harper Coates.
Date:: [1941-1945]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Dr. Percy Lavon Julian with his family, Illinois, 1950s

Description:: Group portrait of the Percy Lavon Julian family: Anna Roselle Julian (wife, seated); standing (L to R): unidentified young man, Percy Lavon Julian, Faith Roselle Julian (daughter) and Percy Lavon Julian, Jr.
Date:: [1950s]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Dorian Harewood, 1975-1989

Description:: Publicity photo of actor Dorian Harewood.
Date:: [1975-1989]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Margaret D. Scott, 1920s

Description:: Margaret "Maggie" Scott founded Scott's Hall (a social hall for meetings and dancing) with her husband John. She was a pioneer member of First AME Church, and took active roles in the development of the church, co-founding of the Sojourner Truth Industrial Club in 1904, and was a guiding force in the NAACP fundraising drives of the 1920s.
Date:: [1920s]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Empire L. A.
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Leontyne Price, opera singer, circa 1965-1968

Description:: Portrait of Leontyne Price, seated at a dressing table with her hands folded wearing an opera costume.
Date:: [1965-1968]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Dorothy Isabelle Houston, circa 1916

Description:: Dorothy Isabelle Houston was the wife of Edward Ross Houston and the mother of Athenaise "Puffie" Houston Hill and Millie Houston Price. He was the locker room attendant at the Hillcrest Country Club at 10,000 Pico Blvd. in Los Angeles,
Date:: [circa 1916]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Boys of the 80's who married the girls of the 90's, 1880-1900

Description:: Studio portraits and of African American men.
Date:: [1880-1900]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Jennie Bruington and her daughter Bessie, Los Angeles, circa 1894

Description:: Studio portrait of Jennie Bruington holding her daughter Bessie.
Date:: [circa 1894]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Man in a suit, 1920-1960

Description:: Studio portrait of a grey-haired African American man in a grey suit and sporting a mustache.
Date:: [1920-1960]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Relative of Mary Ann Knox (?), undated

Description:: This photograph also appears in the folder of images of Corona White Bauman and her parents, Lloyd and Mary White.
Date:: undated
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Beulah Woodard with six sculptures that she made, 1935-1955

Description:: Portrait of the artist Beulah Woodard seated and holding her sculpture "Bad Boy," with two other busts of African men on a table beside her and three small figural sculptures of African figures, including the "Maasai Warrior" holding a spear, on draped stands in front of her.
Date:: [circa 1935-1955]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Ann Shaw, Los Angeles civic leader, 1977

Description:: Studio portrait of Ann Shaw.
Date:: 1977
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Emma Campbell Marsh, 1885-1895

Description:: Studio portrait of Emma Campbell Marsh, mother of Leon F. Marsh (husband of Vivian Osborne Marsh), with her second husband, Mr. Jackson.
Date:: [1885-1895]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Samuel B. Danley, Jr, on graduation day, Los Angeles, 1923

Description:: Studio portrait of Samuel B. Danley, Jr., in cap and gown when he graduated from the University of Southern California.
Date:: 1923
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Ruby Harvey, circa 1915

Description:: Ruby Fulks was the daughter of contractor James Marsh Harvey.
Date:: [circa 1915]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Betty Hill, Los Angeles, 1890-1920

Description:: Studio portrait of Betty Hill with a comb in her hair.
Date:: [1890-1920]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Portrait of a young woman, a friend of the Miriam Matthews family, 1930-1950

Description:: Studio portrait of an African American woman wearing a dark fabric dress and a string of pearls.
Date:: [1930-1950]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

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