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Dr. John A. Somerville, and Lester B. Granger, Los Angeles, 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:
[1950s]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Smith, Irving C.
Collection:
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Dr. John A. Somerville, and Lester B. Granger, Los Angeles, 1950s

La Vada Apartments, 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
La Vada Apartments, Los Angeles, circa 1928

Hotel and grain warehouse, Allensworth, 1908-1918

Description:
After his retirement from the military in 1906, Colonel Allen Allensworth founded the town of Allensworth 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:
[1908-1918]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Hotel and grain warehouse, Allensworth, 1908-1918

African American men on a street in Sonora Town, by C. C. Pierce, detail, Los Angeles, 1888

Description:
A group of African American men standing in front of the newly opened Magnolia Saloon, owned by Robert Stewart, located on the corner of New High and Marchessault Street in “Sonoratown”. All of the buildings lining the street are adobe or wood. A wagon is parked across New High Street near a laundry. Two large trees shade that side of the street near a picket fence. The J.W. Robinson Mansion is visible on the left overlooking Castelar and Bellevue (Sunset Boulevard).
Date:
[circa 1888]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Pierce, C. C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946
Collection:
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
African American men on a street in Sonora Town, by C. C. Pierce, detail, Los Angeles, 1888

William Roberts, A. J. Roberts and Frederick Roberts on the steps of A. J. Roberts son & Co funeral home, Los Angeles, 1905-1915

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:
[circa 1905-1915]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
William Roberts, A. J. Roberts and Frederick Roberts on the steps of A. J. Roberts son & Co funeral home, Los Angeles, 1905-1915

Label for missing group portrait photograph taken during May Week of the Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Berkeley in 1938, photo date unknown

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.[4] 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:
unknown
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Label for missing group portrait photograph taken during May Week of the Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Berkeley in 1938, photo date unknown

Roland Hayes, New York, 1925

Description:
Roland Hayes was an American lyric tenor and composer. In 1915 Hayes premiered in New York City in concerts presented by the orchestra leader Walter F. Craig. Hayes performed his own musical arrangements in recitals from 1916 to 1919, touring from coast to coast. He recorded with Columbia in 1939. Hayes continued to perform until the age of 85.
Date:
1925
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Roland Hayes, New York, 1925

Over 100 African American youth in a school marching band, Columbus, 1960-1990

Description:
View of about one hundred school age African American youths in a marching band posing for a group photograph on a lawn. There are fifteen majorettes; two drum majors and an assortment of woodwind, brass, and drum musicians. The photo was taken at night.
Date:
[1960-1990]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Firestone Photographics, Inc. (Columbus, Ohio)
Collection:
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Over 100 African American youth in a school marching band, Columbus, 1960-1990

Supervisor Kenneth Hahn with Dr. Vada Somerville, Los Angeles, 1959

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:
January 1959
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Homuller, J. A.
Collection:
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Supervisor Kenneth Hahn with Dr. Vada Somerville, Los Angeles, 1959

Dr. Alva Curtis Garrott family and others at the "tent house," Glendale, circa 1907

Description:
Lillie Garrott (former Lillie Dejarnette / De Jarnette), wife of Dr. Alva Curtis Garrott (probably, left), with her children Miriam Garrott (holding baseball bat), Alva Garrott (seated, left), and Robert Garrott (seated, right) in front of the temporary "tent house" with six other children. Three of the girls hold tennis racquets.
Date:
[circa 1907]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Dr. Alva Curtis Garrott family and others at the "tent house," Glendale, circa 1907

Nadine Bratton, Miriam Garrott, Dorothy Vena, Pearl Bratten and Iva Washington, Catalina Island, 1923

Description:
Iva Washington was one of the first African Americans to teach in the Los Angeles Unified School District. She attended Los Angeles High School and the University of Southern California (where she earned a teaching credential). She taught in LAUSD; for most of her career she taught at the 36th Street School.
Date:
1923
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Nadine Bratton, Miriam Garrott, Dorothy Vena, Pearl Bratten and Iva Washington, Catalina Island, 1923

Dr. John A. Somerville at the Los Angeles inspection of the Los Angeles-based auxiliary police, Los Angeles, 1954

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). He served on the Police Commission 1949-1953
Date:
July 1954
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Dr. John A. Somerville at the Los Angeles inspection of the Los Angeles-based auxiliary police, Los Angeles, 1954

Paul Robeson in the role of Othello, New York, 1943-1944

Description:
Paul Robeson, was an American bass baritone, concert artist and stage and film actor who became famous both for his cultural accomplishments and for his political activism. Robeson was one of the most influential participants in the Harlem Renaissance. Robeson brought Negro spirituals into the American mainstream. His theatrical performances have been recognized as the first to display dignity for black actors and pride in African heritage, and he was among the first artists to refuse to play live to segregated audiences. Robeson earned international acclaim for his lead role in Othello, for which he won the Donaldson Award for Best Acting Performance (1944).
Date:
[1943-1944]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Paul Robeson in the role of Othello, New York, 1943-1944

Ribbon cutting ceremony for English Square office building, Los Angeles, 1964

Description:
Attorney General Stanley Mosk (3rd from right) ready to cut the ribbon for English Square office complex at 85th and Broadway, with the owner, attorney Herman English, and his wife, Eula (right), and (from left): Reverend W. L. Robinson, attorney Loren Miller, emcee; and Councilman Billy Mills and his wife, Rubye.
Date:
February 19, 1964
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Adams, Harry H., 1918-1988
Collection:
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Ribbon cutting ceremony for English Square office building, Los Angeles, 1964

Leslie Shaw sworn in as Postmaster of Los Angeles by Senator Clair Engle, Los Angeles, 1963

Description:
Leslie N. Shaw was a banker who held the position of Los Angeles postmaster from 1963 to 1969, after which he became president of First City Savings. Mayor Tom Bradley selected Shaw to be president of the Private Industry Council in 1981. He was married to Ann Shaw, a civic leader who was the first African American woman to be elected president of the YMCA.
Date:
April 15, 1963
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Adams, Harry H., 1918-1988
Collection:
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Leslie Shaw sworn in as Postmaster of Los Angeles by Senator Clair Engle, Los Angeles, 1963

Dental office of Drs. John and Vada Somerville, Los Angeles (copy photo made 1930-1989)

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:
[1930-1989]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Dental office of Drs. John and Vada Somerville, Los Angeles (copy photo made 1930-1989)

Mattie Scott (Nelson) and family, Los Angeles, circa 1905

Description:
Scott family at home at 757 San Julian Street, Los Angeles. The woman with the little girl might be Bertha Scott Glenn and her daughter Berthella. The woman seated directly behind her is probably Mattie Scott (Nelson). The other women might be two of the other four Scott sisters, who were Lettie, May and Nellie. One of the men might be Bertha's husband, William Glenn.
Date:
[circa 1905]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Mattie Scott (Nelson) and family, Los Angeles, circa 1905

Drs. Vada and John Somerville and Gilbert Lindsay greet Daisy Lampkin at an airport, Los Angeles, 1954 (?)

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:
[1954 (?)]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Simpson, T. J.
Collection:
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Drs. Vada and John Somerville and Gilbert Lindsay greet Daisy Lampkin at an airport, Los Angeles, 1954 (?)

Carriage with an African American coach driver and four young white women in a floral parade float, 1890-1910

Description:
Parade with an African American coach driver dressed in a white suit and top hat driving a floral, horse-drawn carriage. Four white women in white dresses and sun bonnets ride along. There is a multi-story commercial building in the background which may be a storefront church with signs reading "Godless [...]," "Behold he Come [...] Jesus / [Every] eye shall see [...] also which pierce." The partial face of a horse to the left.
Date:
[1890-1910]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Carriage with an African American coach driver and four young white women in a floral parade float, 1890-1910

Refugio Reyes de Roberts, great-granddaughter of Juan Francisco Reyes, circa 1870s

Description:
Juan Francisco Reyes, was a mulatto settler from Mexico who arrived shortly after the original settlers of 1781. In 1784, he received the Spanish Crown’s land-grant for Rancho Los Encinos. After selling it back, he received the land grant for Lompoc. He became the first alcalde (mayor) of the Los Angeles pueblo in 1790.
Date:
[circa 1870s]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Refugio Reyes de Roberts, great-granddaughter of Juan Francisco Reyes, circa 1870s

Dedication of the plaque commemorating the First A.M.E. Church at 8th St. and Towne Ave., Los Angeles, 1973

Description:
First African Methodist Episcopal Church, Los Angeles, is the oldest church founded by African Americans in the City of Los Angeles, dating to 1872. Biddy Mason established the church to minister to the mind, body, and soul of the community. This church served as the cornerstone of the community for spiritual growth, social uplift, and economic development.
Date:
December, 13, 1973
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Dedication of the plaque commemorating the First A.M.E. Church at 8th St. and Towne Ave., Los Angeles, 1973

Drs. John and Vada Somerville with a man and woman in a home, 1950s-1960s

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:
[1950s-1960s]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Smith, Irving C.
Collection:
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Drs. John and Vada Somerville with a man and woman in a home, 1950s-1960s

School children attending an afternoon movie at the Largo movie theater on 103rd St., Los Angeles, 1960

Description:
Central Avenue is a major north-south thoroughfare in the central portion of the Los Angeles metropolitan area. From approximately 1920 to 1955, Central Avenue was the heart of the African-American community in Los Angeles, with active rhythm and blues and jazz music scenes.
Date:
December 17, 1960
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
School children attending an afternoon movie at the Largo movie theater on 103rd St., Los Angeles, 1960

Charlotta Bass speaking 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 speaking at Bethel A.M.E. Church during Negro History Week, San Francisco, 1965

Jackie Robinson when he played football for the UCLA Bruins, Los Angeles, circa 1939

Description:
Jack Roosevelt Robinson was an American professional baseball player who became the first African American to play in Major League Baseball (MLB) in the modern era. Robinson broke the baseball color line when the Brooklyn Dodgers started him at first base on April 15, 1947. When the Dodgers signed Robinson, they heralded the end of racial segregation in professional baseball that had relegated black players to the Negro leagues since the 1880s. Robinson was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1962. [Wikipedia]. Robinson contributed significantly to the civil rights movement, used his influence, to promote nonviolence, and received NAACP's Spingarn Medal.
Date:
[circa 1939]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Jackie Robinson when he played football for the UCLA Bruins, Los Angeles, circa 1939

Manuel Moreno at the age of 80, grandson of Los Angeles founder Jose Cesario Moreno, Los Angeles, 1905

Description:
Portrait photograph of Manuel Moreno, grandson of mulatto Los Angeles founder Jose Cesario Moreno, taken in LA in 1905 when he was 80 years old. Moreno is standing outside in a hilly area, wearing a light-colored, torn shirt, neckerchief and hat; his hands rest on a walking stick.
Date:
1905
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Manuel Moreno at the age of 80, grandson of Los Angeles founder Jose Cesario Moreno, Los Angeles, 1905