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California Governor Goodwin Knight, Allensworth Blodgett, Louis M. Blodgett, Jackson L. Taylor, and Arvilla Knight, circa 1950

Description:
California Governor Goodwin Knight shakes the hand of Louis M. Blodget (the contractor who built the first for Golden State Mutual Life Insurance in 1928; president of f Liberty Savings and Loan), with Allensworth Blodgett (left, son of Louis M. Blodgett) and Jackson L. Taylor (vice president of Liberty Savings and Loan), and Arvilla Knight (wife of Goodwin Knight) looking on.
Date:
[circa 1950]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
California Governor Goodwin Knight, Allensworth Blodgett, Louis M. Blodgett, Jackson L. Taylor, and Arvilla Knight, circa 1950

Nona Moffatt, President of Omega Sigman, presents a scholarship to a young woman, Berkeley (?), 1946

Description:
Delta Sigma Theta' Sorority, Inc. is an African American women’s’ Greek organization that was founded on January 13, 1913 at Howard University. Delta Sigma Theta (ΔΣΘ; sometimes abbreviated Deltas or DST) is a Greek-lettered sorority of college-educated women dedicated to public service with an emphasis on programs that target the African American community. Today, it is the largest African-American Greek-lettered organization. Since its founding, Delta Sigma Theta has created programming to improve political, education, and social and economic conditions, particularly within black communities. In addition to establishing independent programming, the sorority consistently collaborates with community organizations and corporations to further its programming goals.
Date:
February 1946
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Joseph Photo
Collection:
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Nona Moffatt, President of Omega Sigman, presents a scholarship to a young woman, Berkeley (?), 1946

Distant view towards Los Angeles High School on Olympic Blvd. and Rimpau Blvd., Los Angeles, 1919

Description:
First opened in 1873, Los Angeles High School Los Angeles High School is the oldest public high school in the Southern California Region. Early buildings commissioned to house the Los Angeles High School were among the architectural jewels of the city, and were strategically placed at the summit of a hill. The building in this photograph was completed in 1917.
Date:
November 1919
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Distant view towards Los Angeles High School on Olympic Blvd. and Rimpau Blvd., Los Angeles, 1919

Dr. Wilbur Clarence Gordon and Cynthia Mitchell Gordon on their wedding day at the Somerville home, Los Angeles, 1944-1945

Description:
Cynthiabelle Gordon Smith was born Cynthiabelle Black in Americus, Georgia. Her father was Alfred Black and her brother was Junior G. Black. She married the dentist, Dr. Isadore C. Mitchell (April 30, 1925). Shortly after, he completed dental school at Howard University and then moved to Los Angeles. In 1934, she moved to Washington, D.C. seeking work, and divorced Mitchell in 1936. In 1937 she was working for the U. S. Public Health Service in Washington, D. C. She married the physician Dr. Wilbur Gordon (possibly in 1942) and was widowed. She married Dr. R. Stillman Smith in 1947.
Date:
[1944-1945]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Dr. Wilbur Clarence Gordon and Cynthia Mitchell Gordon on their wedding day at the Somerville home, Los Angeles, 1944-1945

Joseph Blackburn Bass and Frederick Madison Roberts, Los Angeles (?), 1921-1930

Description:
Joseph Blackburn Bass founded the Topeka Call, a black community newspaper. He continued to work on that newspaper when it was purchased by another owner and its name changed to the Topeka Plaindealer. Bass was active in local politics, and in 1896 was one of the Kansas delegates to the Republican National Convention that nominated William McKinley for President. After a short stint publishing a black community newspaper in Helena, Montana, Bass moved to Los Angeles, where in 1913, he accepted Charlotta Spears' offer to edit the California Eagle. Spears and Bass married in 1914.
Date:
[1921-1930]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Joseph Blackburn Bass and Frederick Madison Roberts, Los Angeles (?), 1921-1930

Deaconess Board of the People's Independent Church of Christ, Los Angeles, 1915-1930

Description:
Group portrait of the Deaconesses of the People's Independent Church of Christ, 14 women in light-colored dresses, with matching drawstring bags and shoes. Some are wearing a necklace with a cross. They are posed in front the entrance of a wood frame building with the address "1462" posted above the group.
Date:
[1915-1920]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Deaconess Board of the People's Independent Church of Christ, Los Angeles, 1915-1930

Residence of Colonel Allen Allensworth, Los Angeles, 1962

Description:
Allen Allensworth was born into slavery in Kentucky, served as a Union soldier, became a Baptist minister and educator, and was the first African American to reach the rank of lieutenant colonel. He founded numerous churches, and in 1908 founded Allensworth, California, the only town in the state to be founded, financed and governed by African Americans, now a State Historic Monument. (Wikipedia)
Date:
1962
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Residence of Colonel Allen Allensworth, Los Angeles, 1962

Residence of Colonel Allen Allensworth, Allensworth, 1908-1914

Description:
Allensworth was a town founded in 1908, with the idea that African Americans could own property, learn, thrive, and live the American Dream. It was named by Lt. Colonel Allen Allensworth. It had a school system by 1910. With the death of Colonel Allensworth in 1914, the town experienced extreme losses, coupled with severe drought and decreased crop yields. Many residents left the area following World War I. The town was memorialized as a state park in 1974, and hosts events annually to preserve its history.
Date:
[1908-1914]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Residence of Colonel Allen Allensworth, Allensworth, 1908-1914

Hotel Somerville (later the Dunbar Hotel), Los Angeles, circa 1928

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:
[circa 1928]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Hotel Somerville (later the Dunbar Hotel), Los Angeles, circa 1928

Residence of Colonel Allen Allensworth, Los Angeles, 1906

Description:
Allen Allensworth was born into slavery in Kentucky, served as a Union soldier, became a Baptist minister and educator, and was the first African American to reach the rank of lieutenant colonel. He founded numerous churches, and in 1908 founded Allensworth, California, the only town in the state to be founded, financed and governed by African Americans, now a State Historic Monument. (Wikipedia)
Date:
1906
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Residence of Colonel Allen Allensworth, Los Angeles, 1906

Buggy with an African American driver, Santa Barbara, 1880-1900

Description:
African American coachman wearing a tall hat in the driver's seat of a transport buggy hitched to two horses, with a woman passenger seated behind him. A white man, woman and two children stand on the right, with a well-dressed African American woman seated in front of them. The scene is on a narrow, brick-paved lane between two buildings. The building on the right looks like a coach house.
Date:
[1880-1900]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Buggy with an African American driver, Santa Barbara, 1880-1900

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

Juanita Miller, Dr. John A. Somerville, Judge Loren Miller, Dr. William Bailey and Lewis Bohler at a formal event 1950s-1960s

Description:
Reverend Canon Lewis Penrose Bohler, Jr., was the rector of the Episcopal Church of the Advent in West Adams for 35 years, from about 1961-1996. One of the few African American Episcopal priests in Southern California during the civil rights struggles of the 1960s, Bohler participated in dialogues and demonstrations in Los Angeles and made two trips to Selma, Alabama in 1965 during the civil rights marches. Bohler was a member of the Los Angeles County Board of Education and served on the State Board Of Education and the Los Angeles Unified School District Board.
Date:
[1950s-1960s]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Juanita Miller, Dr. John A. Somerville, Judge Loren Miller, Dr. William Bailey and Lewis Bohler at a formal event 1950s-1960s

People attending the installation of the plaque marking the location SE corner of El Pueblo Nuestra Señora La Reina De Los Angeles, Boyle Heights (Los Angeles), 1980

Description:
Site of the plaque commemorating the bicentennial of the founding of El Pueblo de Los Angeles, seen from beneath a banner reading "Greater Boyle Heights Historical-Bicentennial Committee of Los Angeles, California." The plaque marks the southeast boundary, at 3821 E. Olympic Blvd., in Boyle Heights. Six people can be seen standing in front of the plaque.
Date:
1980
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
People attending the installation of the plaque marking the location SE corner of El Pueblo Nuestra Señora La Reina De Los Angeles, Boyle Heights (Los Angeles), 1980

"Market Women" by John Biggers, 1966

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:
1966
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
"Market Women" by John Biggers, 1966

A. J. Roberts in front of the A. J. Roberts, Sons and Company mortuary building on Central Avenue, Los Angeles, 1922 or later

Description:
A. J. (Andrew Jackson) Roberts attended Wilberforce University and Oberlin College. After graduation he taught school, married Ellen Hemings (a granddaughter of Sally Hemings and Thomas Jefferson) in Chillicothe, Ohio, and moved to California as an early pioneer in 1888. He founded a transfer and trucking business in 1905, sold it and founded the A. J. Roberts and Sons mortuary. The firm began at 12th and Los Angeles, moved to 1119-1121 S. Los Angeles, and to 1415 S. Central Avenue in 1922.
Date:
[1922 or later]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
A. J. Roberts in front of the A. J. Roberts, Sons and Company mortuary building on Central Avenue, Los Angeles, 1922 or later

Bessie Bruington Burke and the Cunningham family members at Santa Monica’s Bay Street Beach, 1920s

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:
[1920-1929]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Bessie Bruington Burke and the Cunningham family members at Santa Monica’s Bay Street Beach, 1920s