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P.F.C. H. H. West, Jr. poses in front of the West's residence while visiting on a 3-day pass, Los Angeles, 1944

Description:
Photograph of H. H. West, Jr. posing in front of the front porch of the West's residence on North Ridgewood Place. H. H. West, Jr. stands left-of-center, just in front of the short set of steps that leads up to the porch. H. H., Jr. faces slightly left and looks to the camera. He is dressed in his military uniform. A wide arch arcs over the steps, off-center to the right and behind H. H., Jr. Further behind and to the right of H. H., Jr., a door stands back on the porch. Its number plate reads, "832." At left, a rectangular, cut-out window flanks the large arch at the front of the porch.
Date:
August 10, 1944
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
P.F.C. H. H. West, Jr. poses in front of the West's residence while visiting on a 3-day pass, Los Angeles, 1944

PFC H. H. West, Jr. poses in front of H. H. West's residence, Los Angeles, 1944

Description:
Photograph of Henry H. West, Jr. posing in front the West's residence while home for Christmas. The front lawn stretches across the bottom edge in the foreground. H. H. West, Jr. stands in the near distance at center on a concrete walkway that runs through the image horizontally. He dons his military uniform and hangs his arms by his sides as he looks to the camera. Immediately behind him, shrubbery and small trees grow in front of the West's building. The building is viewed close-up. A window is inset behind and to the right of H. H., Jr. To the left of him, the porch juts out towards the camera and a cut-out, arched window is inset on the side of the porch.
Date:
[circa December 25, 1944]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
PFC H. H. West, Jr. poses in front of H. H. West's residence, Los Angeles, 1944

People attending the installation of the plaque marking the location of the SE corner of El Pueblo Nuestra Señora La Reina De Los Angeles, Boyle Heights (Los Angeles), 1980

Description:
Group portrait of five people attending the installation of the plaque commemorating the bicentennial of the founding of El Pueblo de Los Ángeles. The plaque marks the southeast boundary, at 3821 E. Olympic Blvd., in Boyle Heights.
Date:
1980
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
People attending the installation of the plaque marking the location of the SE corner of El Pueblo Nuestra Señora La Reina De Los Angeles, Boyle Heights (Los Angeles), 1980

Pearl Hinds Roberts with a gathering of women, circa 1960

Description:
Pearl Hinds Roberts was the widow of Frederick Madison Roberts, an American newspaper owner and editor, educator and business owner. He became a politician, the first known man of African American descent elected to the California State Assembly. He has been honored as the first person of African American descent to be elected to public office among the states on the West Coast.
Date:
[circa 1960]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Pearl Hinds Roberts with a gathering of women, circa 1960

Pearl Hinds (Roberts) in her wedding dress with bridal attendants, 1921

Description:
Bridal portrait of Pearl Hinds with (Roberts) in her bridal gown with her attendants, from left: Irene Rutherford, Lillian Wall Williams, the Bride, Lutie Gilbert Saunders, "Essie" (Myrtle Estelle) Roberts Saunders (sister of the groom, Frederick Madison Roberts) and Mamie McKinney Wilds. The little girl is unidentified.
Date:
November 1921
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Pearl Hinds (Roberts) in her wedding dress with bridal attendants, 1921

Pearl Hinds (Roberts) in her sixth grade class portrait at Durant Grammar School, Oakland, circa 1904

Description:
Pearl W. Hinds Roberts was the daughter of Lucy and Wiley Hinds, owner of one of the largest cattle ranches in California. She graduated from the Oberlin Conservatory of Music. She was a member of the Electoral College in 1952. She was married to Frederick M. Roberts, the first black Assemblyman elected to state office west of the Mississippi.
Date:
[circa 1904]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Weitz, Hugo, b. 1849
Collection:
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Pearl Hinds (Roberts) in her sixth grade class portrait at Durant Grammar School, Oakland, circa 1904

Patrick J. Hurley, former War Secretary, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:
This photograph appears with the article, “BAR UPHOLDS SANCTITY OF HIGH COURT: N.R.A. Decision Stressed Convention Urges Deporting of Alien Criminals and Raps Bureaucracy BAR APPLAUDS SANCTITY OF NATION’S HIGH COURT Independence of Judiciary Called Safeguard of Constitution; Uniform Laws Urged,” Los Angeles Times, 17 Jul. 1935: 1.
Date:
July 17, 1935
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Patrick J. Hurley, former War Secretary, Los Angeles, 1935

Party for Mary McLeod Bethune's 75th birthday at the home of Drs. Vada and John Somerville, Los Angeles, 1950

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:
July 1950
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Party for Mary McLeod Bethune's 75th birthday at the home of Drs. Vada and John Somerville, Los Angeles, 1950

Olympic sprinter Stella Walsh poses on a ship, Los Angeles, circa 1930s

Description:
Olympic sprinter Stella Walsh poses at center while sitting on a ship's handrail. She sports a long overcoat and rests a hand in her coat pocket as she looks to camera. A pin on her hat is of the Japanese flag. The ship's rail enters frame at left and stretches across the image towards center. A sign below the railing and to the right of Stella's legs reads, "[...] DECK [...] [Japanese characters]." Directly behind Stella Walsh, a ship's cabin stretches across the background.
Date:
[circa 1930s]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Olympic sprinter Stella Walsh poses on a ship, Los Angeles, circa 1930s

Nolle Smith arriving at, or leaving, Hawaii, 1938

Description:
Nolle Smith was a cowboy, politician and diplomat. Smith was born on his parent's ranch, grew up in Wyoming and graduated from the University of Nebraska where he studied math and engineering. He worked as an engineer in California and Hawaii, had his own firm, and went into politics in Hawaii. He ultimately joined the United States Department of State which took him to Ecuador, Haiti and Brazil.
Date:
1938
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Nolle Smith arriving at, or leaving, Hawaii, 1938

Noble Johnson, circa 1915

Description:
Noble Johnson was a character actor in cinema, one of the few African Americans in the field during the studio era. A childhood friend of Lon Chaney, Johnson followed him into the industry in 1915. He was an extra in D.W. Griffith’s Intolerance (1916) as a Babylonian soldier. Because of his large size 6'2″, 215 lbs., Johnson was often cast in key character roles representing not just African Americans, but Native Americans, Asians, Arabians, and Pacific Islanders. Johnson founded Lincoln Motion Picture Company, the first American studio that produced “race” films, pictures for African Americans, exclusively, from 1916 to 1923. He continued to work in the sound era, retiring at the age of 69.
Date:
[circa 1915
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Noble Johnson, circa 1915

Newton and Paradine Butler, brother sister, who traveled with the Butler Train in 1853, photograph copied 1935-1942

Description:
George Miller West travelled with the Butler (wagon) Train, (organized by the Butler family, members of the Disciples of Christ Church) from Monmouth, Illinois to Polk County, Oregon in 1853. West made the journey to mine in Oregon and California. He wrote a memoir relating incidents of crossing the plains to Oregon and his experiences in the goldfields of southern Oregon and northern California. The memoir was prepared in the form of a 49-page typescript by his son, H. H. West, who distributed the memoir to several libraries and archives, along with copied photographs of members of the Butler Train and one or two mining associates. The photographs were collected by H. H. West from about 1935 to 1942.
Date:
[copy, between 1935-1942]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Newton and Paradine Butler, brother sister, who traveled with the Butler Train in 1853, photograph copied 1935-1942

Nella A. West poses for a silhouette portrait, viewed close-up, Los Angeles, about 1900

Description:
An out-of-focus, silhouetted photographic portrait of Nella A. West taken at the West's residence on South Griffin Avenue. Nella West is viewed close-up and in profile, facing left. Her profile is covered in shadow. Behind her, light streams through a sheet that covers a window.
Date:
[circa 1900]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Nella A. West poses for a silhouette portrait, viewed close-up, Los Angeles, about 1900

Nella and Eva Allensworth, circa 1900

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 1900]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Nella and Eva Allensworth, circa 1900

Nella Allensworth, circa 1900

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 1900]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Nella Allensworth, circa 1900