Genre: Portrait photographs - UCLA Library Digital Collections Search Results

Description:: Studio portrait of a young African American woman wearing an Edwardian era Gibson Girl style blouse and skirt.
Date:: [1890-1910]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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Description:: A. E. Otis was a photography studio that operated on Fulton Street, Brooklyn, New York between 1900 and 1930.
Date:: [1900-1930]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Otis, A.E.
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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Description:: Studio portrait of a young man wearing a suit with a bow tie, standing on an oriental rug in front of a painted landscape backdrop.
Date:: [1890-1910]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Dando L.A.
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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Description:: Dora Johnson Watson McDonald, mother of Dr. Vada Somerville, seated on the front porch of a house.
Date:: [1890-1910]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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Description:: Studio portrait of an African American woman, in profile, wearing a dress, a pearl necklace and a chain necklace.
Date:: [1890-1920]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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Description:: Family posed for a group portrait in front of a tent in a wilderness area with small trees and bushes behind them. The group includes an older couple, a young woman and two younger girls.
Date:: [circa 1890-1910]
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:: [1890-1910]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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Description:: Kate Bradley Stowall was the wife of William Stowall. She lived her last days in San Bernardino, California. Mr. Stowall was in the bank industry.
Date:: [1880-1920]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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