Genre: photographs / Collection: OpenUCLA Collections and Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection - UCLA Library Digital Collections Search Results

Description:: Miriam Matthews, sister of businesswoman Ella Matthews and lawyer Charles Matthews, was hired in 1927 as the first African American librarian in the Los Angeles Public Library. Matthews was also a civil rights activist, historian, and collector of African American art and primary source materials.
Date:: [1910-1920]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Description:: Louis M. Blodgett eating. Blodgett, a contractor, constructed the first building for Golden State Mutual Life Insurance in 1928. The building still stands at 4261 S. Central Ave.
Date:: [circa 1950]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Description:: House of Beverly A. Johnson located at 1801 G St. A small child is standing at the top of the front steps. A sign above a window on the left reads: "B. A. Johnson / Caterer / Weddings, Banquets, Receptions / Dishes, [...] linen, Rented"
Date:: [1890-1920]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

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:: 1952
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Description:: Streetcar no. 487 with a sign reading "B to 51st St. Ascot" with a woman and child (left) and a man with a cart (right) with a large tile-roofed building behind it.
Date:: 1947
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Swett, Ira L.
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

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:: [circa 1920]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Description:: The Episcopal Church of the Advent was founded in 1925. As constituent members of the Anglican Communion in the United States, we are descendants of and partners with the Church of England and the Scottish Episcopal Church. Lewis P. Bohler was the pastor from 1961 to 1996.
Date:: January 1963
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Adams, Harry H., 1918-1988
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Description:: One Hundred or more African American adults and children pose for a group portrait at Eastlake Park (now Lincoln Park) during a picnic sponsored by their employer, Bullocks department Store.
Date:: [1920s]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Browse items