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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
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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Description:: This photograph appears with the article, “WANDERWELL’S WIDOW HEARD: Witness Tells of Rows Guys Had With Husband Murder Defendant Sought Cash, She Declares Judge and Jury Visit Ship Where Slaying Occurred,” Los Angeles Times, 4 Feb. 1933, A1.
Date:: February 4, 1933
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Studio portrait of Fannie Ray Grubbs (right) and her daughter Alma.
Date:: [circa 1910]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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Description:: This photograph may be associated with the article, “Age Dances to Youth’s Merry Tunes: OLD FOLKS PICNIC DRAWS 500 LIVELY ‘YOUNGSTERS’”, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 1935: 8.
Date:: September 7, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: This photograph may be related to the article, “Allie White to Enroll at Troy,” Los Angeles Times, 06 Aug. 1935: 7.
Date:: August 6, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Allen Allensworth was born into slavery in Kentucky, served as a Union soldier, became a Baptist minister and educator, and was the first African American to reach the rank of lieutenant colonel. He founded numerous churches, and in 1908 founded Allensworth, California, the only town in the state to be founded, financed and governed by African Americans, now a State Historic Monument. (Wikipedia)
Date:: [circa 1913]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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Description:: Studio portrait of Colonel Allen Allensworth in uniform with four medals.
Date:: [circa 1913]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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