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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 1963
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:: [1950s (?)]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Sheffield, Maceo B. (Maceo Bruce), 1897-1959
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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Description:: Artists Hale Woodruff (L) and Charles Alston (R) at the Mission San Diego de Alcalá in San Diego. They were researching the mural for the new building of the Golden State Mutual Life Insurance Company.
Date:: August 1948
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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Description:: Dr. Alice Watkins Garrott (left) and her sister Gertrude Watkins at an event.
Date:: [circa 1950]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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Description:: One African American man and about six boys stand on the sidewalk at the corner of Central Avenue and E. Vernon. The boy in the striped shirt holds a newspaper with the headline "Trojans lead [...] 6-0" and an article titled "German Sub Sinks British [...] Boat." Across the street is the California Bank building with the dental office of Dr. J. G. Hatcher on the second floor (with his name just visible in the windows).
Date:: [1939-1945]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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Description:: Multilevel arts and crafts style house on top of hill looking over a city, possibly Los Angeles. There are two other structures just below.
Date:: [1890s-1940s]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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Description:: Two photos of a man, probably African American, riding a bucking horse, probably done during the creation of a western movie by a white studio. .
Date:: [1940s-1950s]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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Description:: Letter from Al Green, Chairman of the Allensworth Advisory Committee, to Anita Hagen, editor of a paper titled Insight. Apparently Insight published a story claiming that the town of Allensworth was a faded dream. Mr. Green explains to her why he thinks that this is not true, that Allensworth is a diamond, and invites her to join those advocating for Allensworth.
Date:: 1976
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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Description:: Charlotta Bass at Bethel A.M.E. Church during Negro History Week on to give a talk.
Date:: February 1965
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Dorsey, John H.
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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Description:: Parkridge Country Club in Corona opened in 1925. It had one of the best golf courses in California. Under financial stress by 1927, it was sold to three African American businessmen from Los Angeles, including Journee White (a wealthy real estate businessman) and Eugene C. Nelson (a physician). The Ku Klux Klan burned a cross on the front lawn, white club members sued the previous white owner, and by 1929 the black buyers were forced to withdraw their bid. It became a sanitarium and was demolished in the 1960’s to make way for the Cresta Verde Golf Course and housing development.
Date:: [1925-1928]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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