Genre: Portrait photographs - UCLA Library Digital Collections Search Results

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:: October 16, 1962
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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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
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Description:: Group portrait of black and white men seated and standing in an outdoor wooded location in California.
Date:: [circa 1915-1920]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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Description:: Studio portrait of Josephine Allensworth wearing a gold watch pinned to her elaborate dress, wife of Colonel Allen Allensworth.
Date:: [circa 1880]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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Description:: Studio portrait of the family of Alice Watkins Garrott: parents Sara N. Watkins and John W. Watkins; brothers Philip, John and Delbert; Alice and three of her four sisters: Elizabeth, Gertrude, Edith and Eva.
Date:: [circa 1905]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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Description:: Studio portrait of Julia Campbell, maternal grandmother of Leon F. Marsh (husband of Vivian Osborne Marsh).
Date:: [1870s]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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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:: October 16, 1962
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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Description:: Mabel Gray was a civic leader in Los Angeles who worked with many charity organizations and held several posts in the National Association of Colored Women.
Date:: [1940s (?)]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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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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