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Descendants of America Waldo Bogle and Richard A. Bogle, Oregon or Washington, 1940s-1950s

Description:
America Waldo Bogle was the daughter of a slave mother and probably one of the Waldo brothers (Missouri businessmen and slave owners who moved to the Oregon Territory). She married Jamaican immigrant Richard Bogle in 1863. He opened a barbershop in Walla Walla, owned a ranch or farm, and was one of the founders of the Walla Walla Building and Loan Association. Five of their eight children lived into adulthood. Three of the sons became barbers in Portland.
Date:
[1940-1960]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Descendants of America Waldo Bogle and Richard A. Bogle, Oregon or Washington, 1940s-1950s

Hale Woodruff, artist who painted the Golden State Mutual mural "The Negro in California History - Settlement and Development," circa 1930-1948

Description:
Photographic portrait of artist Hale Woodruff. Woodruff painted a mural in the lobby of the Golden State Mutual Life Insurance Co. building in Los Angeles, entitled "The Negro in California History - Settlement and Development" around 1948.
Date:
[circa 1930-1948]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Hale Woodruff, artist who painted the Golden State Mutual mural "The Negro in California History - Settlement and Development," circa 1930-1948

Marvin Hayes, 1944-1954

Description:
Marvin Hayes was an African American bass-baritone who performed in many styles of music from the Baroque to modern periods. He appeared as a soloist and as a chamber musician throughout the USA and Europe and he performed with major symphony orchestras. He lived his later years in Pacific Palisades and taught voice. He served on the faculty of Cal Arts from 1965 to 1979 and was a member of the Pomona College faculty from 1981 to 1995.
Date:
[1944-1954]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Marvin Hayes, 1944-1954

Edwin Coates, music teacher and husband of Helena Harper Coates, 1940-1950

Description:
Edwin Coates (Charles Edwin Coates) was a pianist, composer and faculty member of the Martin-Smith School of Music in New York. In 1917, he graduated from the Institute of Musical Art, which was founded and directed by Frank Heino Damrosch, and which later merged with the Juilliard Graduate School to form the Juilliard School. In 1938 he married social worker Helena Hester Harper, the Executive Secretary of the West Harlem Council of Social Agencies.
Date:
[1940-1950]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Edwin Coates, music teacher and husband of Helena Harper Coates, 1940-1950

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

Garden party at the Somerville residence for members of the Church of Christian Fellowship, Los Angeles, 1947

Description:
Palmer van Gundy was an active member of the Church of Christian Fellowship, the Executive Director of the local, Los Angeles FEPC (Fair Employment Practice Committee) in 1947, involved in local church music events, and was a frequent contributor to the letters to the editor section of the Los Angeles Sentinel newspaper from 1967 to 1986.
Date:
July 1947
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
McLain's Photo Service (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Collection:
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Garden party at the Somerville residence for members of the Church of Christian Fellowship, Los Angeles, 1947

Thirty-fifth wedding anniversary of Drs. John and Vada Somerville, Los Angeles, 1947

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
OpenUCLA Collections
Thirty-fifth wedding anniversary of Drs. John and Vada Somerville, Los Angeles, 1947

Thirty-fifth wedding anniversary of Drs. John and Vada Somerville, Los Angeles, 1947

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
OpenUCLA Collections
Thirty-fifth wedding anniversary of Drs. John and Vada Somerville, Los Angeles, 1947