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Store build by Fannie and James Lockett, Duarte, circa 1910

Description:: Fannie and James Lockett came to Duarte in 1908. In 1909 they built a house and started a general store.
Date:: [circa 1910]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

St. Matthias Episcopal Church School, Los Angeles, 1955

Description:: Group portrait of about 25 children attending St. Matthias Church school. They are posed outside of the church holding palm branches. The church was located at W. Washington Blvd. and Normandie Ave. until 1963.
Date:: April 10, 1955
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Still from "What's Happening Now!!" situation comedy series, Los Angeles, 1985

Description:: Haywood Nelson is an actor best known for portraying Dwayne Nelson on the television series "What's Happening!!", and its spin-off "What's Happening Now!!". Nelson was one of the first African-American teen idols.
Date:: 1985
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Still from the movie "A Time to Kill," 1984

Description:: Publicity still from the movie "A View to A Kill."
Date:: 1984
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

St. Barnabas Episcopal Church, Pasadena, circa 1920

Description:: African American pastor and 7 congregants (5 women and 2 men) of St. Barnabas Episcopal Church. They stand in front of the house where church services where probably held. The house is located on South Fair Oaks.
Date:: [1920-1930]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Stanley Mosk speaking at the ribbon cutting ceremony for English Square office building, Los Angeles, 1964

Description:: Stanley Mosk was appointed to the California Supreme Court in September 1964 by Governor Edmund G. "Pat" Brown.
Date:: February 19, 1964
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Adams, Harry H., 1918-1988
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

St. Andrews African Methodist Episcopal Church, Sacramento, 1916-1917

Description:: St. Andrews AME Church was founded in 1850. It was active in efforts to prevent runaway slaves from being returned to bondage. In 1855 and 1856 St. Andrews hosted two important “California Colored Citizens State Conventions,” where the state’s earliest black residents petitioned the Legislature for basic rights – the right to vote, to testify against whites in court and to send their children to public schools. It stands to this day as the oldest continuous African Methodist Episcopal (AME) congregation on the west coast.
Date:: 1916-1917
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Stagecoach driven by Gus Thompson, circa 1870-1890

Description:: Coach with the first pair of horses visible, driven by Gus Thompson, riding over railroad tracks in a town with two buildings and a cart visible in the background. Thompson has his hand raised to his hat.
Date:: [circa 1870-1900]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Staff of the Lincoln Motion Picture Company, Los Angeles, circa 1921

Description:: Actress Beulah Hall with members of the Lincoln Motion Picture Company, left to right: Clarence Brooks (secretary), Noble Johnson (president), Dudley Brooks (assistant secretary), and Dr. James Smith (treasurer). They are standing in front of a picket fence and a building with wood siding.
Date:: [circa 1921]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

S. S. James Weldon Johnson Liberty Ship, which was christened by Charlotta Bass, Terminal Island, 1943

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:: December 1943
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Souvenir photo taken at Joe Morris' Plantation Club, Los Angeles, 1942-1947

Description:: Patrons seated at Joe Morris' Plantation Club.
Date:: [1942-1947]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Soldier and woman dancing, 1941-1945

Description:: Man in a military uniform dancing with a women, who also wears a uniform.
Date:: [1941-1945]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Small dog standing next to a fence, (copy photo made 1930-1989)

Description:: Unidentified small white dog with a black eye patch color on face, standing next to a wooden fence.
Date:: [1930-1989]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

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

Six Red Cross nurses on a flatbed truck (undated)

Description:: This photograph is in the folder for Alice Taylor Gafford.
Date:: [undated]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Sisters Gloria and Patricia Roberts at a gathering, Los Angeles, circa 1959

Description:: Frederick Madison Roberts was a newspaper owner and editor, educator, and business owner. He was also the first African American elected to the California State Assembly. Roberts was a great-grandson of Sally Hemings and President Thomas Jefferson.
Date:: [circa 1959]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Sir Roger Makins, John A. Somerville and Vada Somerville at the British Embassy, Washington, D.C., 1954

Description:: Sir Roger Makins was a British diplomat who served as British Ambassador to the United States from 1953 to 1956.
Date:: April 1954
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Sir Roger Makins, British Ambassador with Drs. John A. Somerville and Vada Somerville at the British Embassy, Washington D.C.

Description:: Sir Roger Makins was a British diplomat who served as British Ambassador to the United States from 1953 to 1956.
Date:: April 1954
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Sigma Pi Phi Fraternity members at a national boulé meeting, 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
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Seventh Day Adventist camp meeting, Los Angeles, between 1905-1910

Description:: African American men and women at a Seventh Day Adventist camp, between two rows of tents.
Date:: [between 1905-1910]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

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Store build by Fannie and James Lockett, Duarte, circa 1910

St. Matthias Episcopal Church School, Los Angeles, 1955

Still from "What's Happening Now!!" situation comedy series, Los Angeles, 1985

Still from the movie "A Time to Kill," 1984

St. Barnabas Episcopal Church, Pasadena, circa 1920

Stanley Mosk speaking at the ribbon cutting ceremony for English Square office building, Los Angeles, 1964

St. Andrews African Methodist Episcopal Church, Sacramento, 1916-1917

Stagecoach driven by Gus Thompson, circa 1870-1890

Staff of the Lincoln Motion Picture Company, Los Angeles, circa 1921

S. S. James Weldon Johnson Liberty Ship, which was christened by Charlotta Bass, Terminal Island, 1943

Souvenir photo taken at Joe Morris' Plantation Club, Los Angeles, 1942-1947

Soldier and woman dancing, 1941-1945

Small dog standing next to a fence, (copy photo made 1930-1989)

Small African American Parade on a street, circa 1900

Six Red Cross nurses on a flatbed truck (undated)

Sisters Gloria and Patricia Roberts at a gathering, Los Angeles, circa 1959

Sir Roger Makins, John A. Somerville and Vada Somerville at the British Embassy, Washington, D.C., 1954

Sir Roger Makins, British Ambassador with Drs. John A. Somerville and Vada Somerville at the British Embassy, Washington D.C.

Sigma Pi Phi Fraternity members at a national boulé meeting, 1950s

Seventh Day Adventist camp meeting, Los Angeles, between 1905-1910

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