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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:: October 16, 1947
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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Description:: Portrait of Gwendolyn Brooks, seated at a table in front of a bookcase.
Date:: [1946-1968]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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Description:: Two African American girls wearing identical dresses of swiss dot fabric and eyelet trim and with the same ringlet hairstyle with hair ribbons.
Date:: [1940-1960]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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