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Corner of Shorey and Cedar Streets, Oakland (copy photo made 1930-1989)

Description:: Street named for Captain William Shorey.
Date:: [1930-1989]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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Lillian Randolph, 1952

Description:: Publicity still of American actress Lillian Randolph wearing a maid's costume in the television show 'Beulah.'
Date:: [1952]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Kisch, John D.
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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Adobe dwelling in the Sonora Town neighborhood, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:: Adobe duplex dwelling located at the corner of New High and Ord Streets in the former neighborhood called Sonora Town. A man is seen purchasing ice cream from a vendor and his mobile cart.
Date:: May 29, 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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Artwork by Joaquin Chinas, 1961

Description:: Charcoal drawing of a young woman by Mexican/Native American artist Joaquin Chinas
Date:: 1961
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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Four family snapshots, 1920-1940

Description:: Four photos of African American family members. 2 upper: a baby in a yard with its mother and by itself. Lower right: a teenage girl and a young woman standing on a road in a mountainous area with a car, cabin and another women visible behind them.
Date:: [1920-1940]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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Dr. Vada Somerville, Eleanor Roosevelt, Anne O'Ferrall and James Roosevelt at the Somerville home, Los Angeles, 1950

Description:: Anne F. O'Ferrall was the President of the Metropolitan branch of the National Association of Colored Women (NACW) from 1948 to 1952.
Date:: January 17-18, 1950
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Blakeley Avalon Photographers (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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African American couple on their wedding day, likely at the First African Methodist Episcopal Church, Los Angeles, 1940s-1950

Description:: African American man and woman standing at the altar in wedding attire, probably at the 1st A.M.E. Church.
Date:: [1940s-1950s]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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Mission Dolores, San Francisco, circa 1856

Description:: Interior view of the Mission Dolores church.
Date:: [circa 1856]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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Pio Pico home and office at the Plaza, Los Angeles, 1906

Description:: Exterior view of the adobe house and office of Pio Pico at the Los Angeles Plaza, south of the fountain. The passage on the south side of the Plaza was called Plaza St. On the left is Firehouse No. 1 (aka The Plaza Fire House; the address is now 105 N. Los Angeles St.).
Date:: 1906
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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Reception for Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Somerville hosted by Drs. Vada and John Somerville, Los Angeles,1950s (?)

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:: [1940s-1950s]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: McLain's Photo Service (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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Bank check signed by Mary Ellen Pleasant, on November 27, 1886

Description:: Check made out to the Spring Valley Water Works for the amount of Twenty eight dollars and 35 cents by Mary Ellen Pleasant.
Date:: 1886
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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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
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Lois Towns Solomon, New York, 1920s-1930s

Description:: Lois Towns Solomon lived in Los Angeles.
Date:: [1920s-1930s]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Photomatic (New York, N.Y.)
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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Relatives of Vivian Osborne Marsh standing in front of a house, 1920s

Description:: Two men and three women, relatives of Vivian Osborne Marsh, standing in front of a house.
Date:: [1920s]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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Altar at St.. Matthias Episcopal Church, Los Angeles, circa 1960-1963

Description:: Color photograph of the main altar of St. Matthias Episcopal Church. The church was located at W. Washington Blvd. and Normandie Ave. until 1963.
Date:: [circa 1960-1963]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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Allen Allensworth in uniform with a birds eye view of Allensworth superimposed, circa 1913

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:: circa 1913
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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Charlemae Hill Rollins, circa 1940

Description:: Studio portrait of Charlemae Hill Rollins.
Date:: [circa 1940]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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Carpenter adobe dwelling, Santa Fe Springs (vicinity) (copy photo made 1930-1989)

Description:: Adobe house on the former Rancho Santa Gertrudes near Santa Fe Springs. It was probably built by someone in the Nieto family, was later owned by Lemuel Carpenter, then John Downey, then Ramirez.
Date:: [1930-1989]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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League of Allied Arts presenting artist Marie Moore at an art exhibit at Family Savings and Loan Association, Los Angeles, 1963

Description:: Martha Cushnie was a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority, socialite, and member of several charitable organizations in the greater Los Angeles area.
Date:: September 1963
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Adams, Harry H., 1918-1988
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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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
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Corner of Shorey and Cedar Streets, Oakland (copy photo made 1930-1989)

Lillian Randolph, 1952

Adobe dwelling in the Sonora Town neighborhood, Los Angeles, 1936

Artwork by Joaquin Chinas, 1961

Four family snapshots, 1920-1940

Dr. Vada Somerville, Eleanor Roosevelt, Anne O'Ferrall and James Roosevelt at the Somerville home, Los Angeles, 1950

African American couple on their wedding day, likely at the First African Methodist Episcopal Church, Los Angeles, 1940s-1950

Mission Dolores, San Francisco, circa 1856

Pio Pico home and office at the Plaza, Los Angeles, 1906

Reception for Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Somerville hosted by Drs. Vada and John Somerville, Los Angeles,1950s (?)

Bank check signed by Mary Ellen Pleasant, on November 27, 1886

Soldier and woman dancing, 1941-1945

Lois Towns Solomon, New York, 1920s-1930s

Relatives of Vivian Osborne Marsh standing in front of a house, 1920s

Altar at St.. Matthias Episcopal Church, Los Angeles, circa 1960-1963

Allen Allensworth in uniform with a birds eye view of Allensworth superimposed, circa 1913

Charlemae Hill Rollins, circa 1940

Carpenter adobe dwelling, Santa Fe Springs (vicinity) (copy photo made 1930-1989)

League of Allied Arts presenting artist Marie Moore at an art exhibit at Family Savings and Loan Association, Los Angeles, 1963

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

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