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Small African American Parade on a street, circa 1900

Description:
Street scene depicting a group of African Americans in formal dress, about 11 women and children and about 13 men. Some of the men are in military uniforms with sashes and elaborate hats, and are on horseback. One man may be the drum major. The group is on an unpaved commercial street with store fronts visible behind them.
Date:
[circa 1900]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Small African American Parade on a street, circa 1900

Artists Hale Woodruff and Charles Alston at Beckwourth Pass during the Golden State Mutual mural research tour, Chilcoot (California), 1948

Description:
Beckwourth Pass was discovered by James P. Beckwourth in 1850. Beckwourth developed Beckwourth Trail, traversing the pass, that was used by immigrants during the Gold Rush from 1851 to 1855. After that, the railroad came into use.
Date:
August 1948
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Artists Hale Woodruff and Charles Alston at Beckwourth Pass during the Golden State Mutual mural research tour, Chilcoot (California), 1948

Charlotta Bass and Dr. Carleton Goodlett, M.D. at Bethel A.M.E. Church during Negro History Week, San Francisco, 1965

Description:
Charlotta Bass was the publisher of the California Eagle newspaper from 1912 to 1951, and a civil rights activist. The California Eagle, covering Los Angeles' African-American community, was one of the oldest and longest running African American newspapers.
Date:
February 1965
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Dorsey, John H.
Collection:
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Charlotta Bass and Dr. Carleton Goodlett, M.D. at Bethel A.M.E. Church during Negro History Week, San Francisco, 1965

Family of Ralph Bunche, Los Angeles, 1919

Description:
Ralph Johnson Bunche was an American political scientist, academic, and diplomat who received the 1950 Nobel Peace Prize for his late 1940s mediation in Israel. He was the first African American to be so honored in the history of the prize. He was involved in the formation and administration of the United Nations. In 1963, he was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President John F. Kennedy. [Wikipedia]
Date:
July 1919
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Family of Ralph Bunche, Los Angeles, 1919

Dr. John Somerville with others having dinner at a hotel, 1940s-1950s

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:
[1940s-1950s]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Dr. John Somerville with others having dinner at a hotel, 1940s-1950s

Wedding of Loren Miller, Jr., Los Angeles, 1957 (?)

Description:
Loren Miller, Jr. with his bride, Anne M. Risher (probably), his parents (on right) Juanita Ellsworth Miller and Loren Miller, Sr., and the bride's' parents (on the left). According to Ancestry.com, Miller, Jr., married Anne M. Risher in 1957, and Patricia A. Harris in 1970. This looks like a 1957 photograph.
Date:
[November 16, 1957 (?)]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Wedding of Loren Miller, Jr., Los Angeles, 1957 (?)

Loren Miller seated beside a man at the opening of the English Square office building, Los Angeles, 1964

Description:
Loren Miller, seated beside a man speaking at a microphone, with a crowd of people behind them, at the opening of the English Square office complex at 85th and Broadway. The owner of English Square was attorney Herman English.
Date:
February 19, 1964
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Adams, Harry H., 1918-1988
Collection:
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Loren Miller seated beside a man at the opening of the English Square office building, Los Angeles, 1964

Friends of Biddy Mason at the house of Robert Owens, Sr., First and Los Angeles St., Los Angeles, circa 1870

Description:
Biddy Mason was brought to California as a slave in a wagon train. She petitioned for her freedom, and a judge granted it to her and her family in 1856. She and her family lived with Robert Owens, Sr., when she first moved to Los Angeles. Her daughter Ellen married Robert Owen's son Charles.
Date:
[circa 1870]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Friends of Biddy Mason at the house of Robert Owens, Sr., First and Los Angeles St., Los Angeles, circa 1870

Newly completed Westchester Branch Library and Municipal Building, Los Angeles, 1961

Description:
James Homer Garrott, was an African-American architect active in the Los Angeles area in the mid-20th century who designed more than 200 buildings. He has been described as a "pivotal black Avant garde modernist of the 1940s era. He earned his architect's license (1928), studied Architecture at the University of Southern California (1930-1934) and was the second African-American admitted to the American Institute of Architects (AIA) in Los Angeles (1946).
Date:
January 1961
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Adams, Harry H., 1918-1988
Collection:
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Newly completed Westchester Branch Library and Municipal Building, Los Angeles, 1961

Debutants and queen of the Miss Wilfandel popularity contest at the Polytechnic High School, Los Angeles, 1948

Description:
Image depicting 21 debutants in light colored evening gowns who participated in the popularity contest of the Wilfandel Club women, seated on the stage of the Polytechnic High School in front of a painted landscape backdrop. The winner, Elinor Vera Winston, is in the center.
Date:
May 6, 1948
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Debutants and queen of the Miss Wilfandel popularity contest at the Polytechnic High School, Los Angeles, 1948

Press conference for the choir of 2nd Baptist Church with Verna Arvey, William Grant Still and others, Los Angeles, 1964

Description:
Thomas L. Griffith Jr. was a Superior Court judge who was the first black ever elected in a Los Angeles countywide vote and the first black attorney ever admitted to the Los Angeles County Bar Association. From 1934 to 1949 he headed the NAACP here and was at the forefront of the integration of municipal swimming pools.
Date:
April 1964
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Adams, Harry H., 1918-1988
Collection:
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Press conference for the choir of 2nd Baptist Church with Verna Arvey, William Grant Still and others, Los Angeles, 1964

Freita Shaw Johnson with Laurel and Hardy during the filming of "Pardon Us," 1931

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:
[1931]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Freita Shaw Johnson with Laurel and Hardy during the filming of "Pardon Us," 1931

Loren Miller, seated, and Billy Mills at the opening of the English Square office building, Los Angeles, 1964

Description:
Loren Miller, seated, beside Billy Mills, speaking at a microphone, with a crowd of people behind them at the opening of the English Square office complex at 85th and Broadway. The owner of English Square was attorney Herman English.
Date:
February 19, 1964
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Adams, Harry H., 1918-1988
Collection:
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Loren Miller, seated, and Billy Mills at the opening of the English Square office building, Los Angeles, 1964

Adobe dwelling on the land of the original Rancho Rodeo de las Agua land grant, now Beverly Hills, 1920

Description:
After the session of California to the United States, the Rancho Rodeo de las Aguas land grant was patented to Maria Rita Valdez de Villa. She possessed the land from 1831 to 1854. After that, the property changed hands several times before becoming Beverly Hills in the early 20th century.
Date:
1920
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Adobe dwelling on the land of the original Rancho Rodeo de las Agua land grant, now Beverly Hills, 1920

John Biggers, 1955-1989

Description:
John Biggers was an African American artist known for his narrative murals and outstanding draftsmanship. Biggers dedicated his work to the depiction of the human condition. He drew inspiration from African art and culture, from the injustices of a segregated United States, from the stoic women of his own family, and from the heroism of everyday survival. His work continually evolved over the five decades of his career.
Date:
[1955-1989]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
John Biggers, 1955-1989