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Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority members at a national boulé meeting, 1950s

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
OpenUCLA Collections
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority members at a national boulé meeting, 1950s

Alvin Ailey, Josephine Baker, 1950s

Description:
Alvin Ailey was an African-American choreographer and activist who founded the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater in New York City. He is credited with popularizing modern dance and revolutionizing African-American participation in 20th-century concert dance. Ailey studied other art forms, including painting, acting, music, set design, and costuming, as well as ballet and other forms of modern and ethnic dance.
Date:
[1950s]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Alvin Ailey, Josephine Baker, 1950s

Anna Madah Hyers in a scene, circa 1880

Description:
Anna Madah Hyers was and African American singer and performed in black musical theater. With her sister, Emma Louise Hyers, Joseph Bradford and Pauline Hopkins, the Hyers Sisters produced the "first full-fledged musical plays in which African Americans themselves comment on the plight of the slaves and the relief of Emancipation without the disguises of minstrel comedy." Their first play was Out of Bondage (also known as Out of the Wilderness), followed by Urlina, the African Princess, The Underground Railway, and Uncle Tom's Cabin.
Date:
[circa 1880]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Anna Madah Hyers in a scene, circa 1880

Ann Roth (Mrs. H. H. West, Jr.) poses at the alter on her wedding day, Los Angeles, 1945

Description:
Photograph of Miss Ann Roth/Mrs. H. H. West, Jr. posing at the altar of the First Methodist Church of Hollywood on her wedding day. Ann Roth (West) stands, left-of-center, in her wedding gown. She faces slightly right and looks to the camera while holding a bouquet of flowers. Floral arrangements and candles are arranged symmetrically on the altar behind her.
Date:
August 19, 1945
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Ann Roth (Mrs. H. H. West, Jr.) poses at the alter on her wedding day, Los Angeles, 1945

Archie Carter and Attorney Stanley Visel at the witness stand, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:
The newspaper article that this photograph is associated with contains a photograph that is very similar, but is slightly different from this photograph. The caption for the photograph published in the newspaper states, “In a tense moment in a courtroom murder drama, Archie Carter, right, and Attorney Stanley Visel demonstrate from the witness stand how Carter attempted to wrest the gun from the hand of his wife, Gladys, on trial for murder".
Date:
June 10, 1935
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Archie Carter and Attorney Stanley Visel at the witness stand, Los Angeles, 1935

Army Air Corps Colonel H. H. Arnold, Los Angeles, circa 1920

Description:
Henry Harley "Hap" Arnold became an American General holding the ranks of General of the Army and General of the Air Force. Arnold was also the founder of Project RAND, which evolved into one of the world's largest non-profit global policy think tanks, the RAND Corporation, and one of the founders of Pan American World Airways. In the 1930s, he was the Commander of the Civilian Conservation Corps.
Date:
[between 1920-1930]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Army Air Corps Colonel H. H. Arnold, Los Angeles, circa 1920

Arthur B. Dodge, art director of the Los Angeles Times, 1936

Description:
Arthur Burnside Dodge was born in Providence, Rhode Island, and his family moved to California in 1864. For ten they lived in Grass Valley, then settled in San Francisco. There he began his career as a wood engraver at age 18 and spent five years in New York City studying art. Upon returning to San Francisco, he was an illustrator for local newspapers from 1890 until 1901. He then moved to Los Angeles where he continued newspaper work. After four years at the Morning Herald, he spent 42 years as art director at the Los Angeles Times. Known as "Boss" to his friends, he died in Los Angeles in 1952.
Date:
[circa May 1936]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Arthur B. Dodge, art director of the Los Angeles Times, 1936

Arthur B. Dodge, art director of the Los Angeles Times, 1936

Description:
Arthur Burnside Dodge was born in Providence, Rhode Island, ban his family moved to California in 1864. For ten they lived in Grass Valley, then settled in San Francisco. There he began his career as a wood engraver at age 18 and spent five years in New York City studying art. Upon returning to San Francisco, he was an illustrator for local newspapers from 1890 until 1901. He then moved to Los Angeles where he continued newspaper work. After four years at the Morning Herald, he spent 42 years as art director at the Los Angeles Times. Known as "Boss" to his friends, he died in Los Angeles in 1952.
Date:
[circa May 1936]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
OpenUCLA Collections
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Arthur B. Dodge, art director of the Los Angeles Times, 1936

Arthur E. Prince, superintendent of the Enterprise School District, Redding, circa 1950

Description:
Arthur E. Prince was the superintendent of the Enterprise School District. He was a member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity and was active in civic events in Southern California. He and his wife were the second black family to reside in Pasadena.
Date:
[circa 1950]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Adams, Harry H., 1918-1988
Collection:
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Arthur E. Prince, superintendent of the Enterprise School District, Redding, circa 1950