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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

Bessie Bruington Burke, 1918-1938

Description:
Bessie Bruington Burke is recognized as the first black principal of a Los Angeles public school. She attended Los Angeles State Normal School (now part of UCLA) and earned her teaching credential in 1911. Her education was paid for by the Los Angeles Forum, a political and civic organization founded by African Americans in the early 20th century.
Date:
[1918-1938]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Bessie Bruington Burke, 1918-1938

Betty Hill, Los Angeles, 1920-1940

Description:
Betty Hill, dubbed by the Los Angeles Sentinel the "Mother of Negro Political Leaders," founded the Women's Republican Study Club (later the Women's Political Study Club) in Los Angeles in 1929. Her many causes included fighting Jim Crow in Los Angeles hospitals and public swimming pools, abolishing separate civil service lists for African American school teachers, and getting the Board of Education to approve a child care center program. Hill was married to Sgt. Abraham Hill.
Date:
[1920-1940]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Betty Hill, Los Angeles, 1920-1940

Cornelius Cole, Los Angeles, 1920s

Description:
Copy print of a studio portrait of a young Cornelius Cole, who served as a California senator from 1863-1865 and 1867-1873. Photo appears with the article "CENTENARIAN TALKS OF THE PAST AND PRESENT: Senator Cole, Middle-Aged Man When Civil War Was Fought; Favors Wine and Beer CENTENARIAN'S LIFE STORY Senator Cole who Came to California in Gold Rush, to Celebrate Birthday Rounding Out a Century of Busy Life," Los Angeles Times, 10 Sep. 1922: II1.
Date:
1920-1930
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Cornelius Cole, Los Angeles, 1920s

Duffy Lewis when he was player and manager for the Portland Beavers, 1925

Description:
George Edward "Duffy" Lewis was a left fielder and right handed batter who played Major League Baseball for the Boston Red Sox (1910–17), New York Yankees (1919–20) and Washington Senators (1921). Lewis attended Saint Mary's College of California. In 1925, he was the player-manager of Portland in the PCL, hitting .294 for the Beavers.
Date:
1925
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
OpenUCLA Collections
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Duffy Lewis when he was player and manager for the Portland Beavers, 1925

Harry Burleigh, 1920s

Description:
Henry Thacker "Harry" Burleigh was an African-American classical composer, arranger, and professional singer known for his baritone voice. The first black composer instrumental in developing characteristically American music, Burleigh made black music available to classically trained artists both by introducing them to spirituals and by arranging them in a more classical form.
Date:
[1920s]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964
Collection:
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Harry Burleigh, 1920s

Helena Harper Coates, social worker, circa 1915-1925

Description:
Helen Harper Coates was the Executive Secretary of the West Harlem Council of Social Agencies. In 1938, she married Edwin Coates, a pianist, composer and faculty member of the Martin-Smith School of Music, who graduated from the Institute of Musical Art (which later merged with the Juilliard Graduate School to form the Juilliard School).
Date:
[circa 1915-1925]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Helena Harper Coates, social worker, circa 1915-1925

Ivan Harold Browning, 1920-1950

Description:
Ivan Browning was an African American entertainer known for his singing, and acting. He was the lead tenor in the Four Harmony Kings signing group. During the 1920s the group traveled throughout Europe. He and his wife, Maurine Moss Browning, lived in England for several years. The Brownings later did a tour in the United States with Maurine accompanying him on the piano.
Date:
[1920-1950]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Ivan Harold Browning, 1920-1950

Los Angeles Times night managing editor, Earl Craven, Los Angeles, 1923-1939

Description:
Photograph of Times employee Earl E. Craven. Mr. Craven was an employee of the Los Angeles Times from 1923 to 1956 (his death), rising through the ranks from assistant telegraph editor to being the assistant managing editor. In the years that he covered the night shift as the news editor and assistant managing editor, Mr. Craven was largely responsible for the make up of the Times' home edition. He also conducted a weekly broadcast on Times programs.
Date:
[between 1923-1939]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Los Angeles Times night managing editor, Earl Craven, Los Angeles, 1923-1939