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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
Photographer:: Gilwee, Jim
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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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:: [1940s]
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:: 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:: 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:: 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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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
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