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Charlotta Bass given flowers at a campaign rally when she was a candidate for Congress in the 14th District, Los Angeles, 1950

Description:
Reuben Borough (3rd from right) holds a bouquet of flowers for Charlotta Bass (center) at a campaign rally when she was a Progressive Party candidate for Congress in the 14th District. The banner above reads "Elect Charlotta Bass for Congress, Peace, Jobs, Equality." The same year, Borough was the party's candidate for State Treasurer.
Date:
1950
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Charlotta Bass given flowers at a campaign rally when she was a candidate for Congress in the 14th District, Los Angeles, 1950

Charlotta Bass and guests at the California Eagle's 70th birthday celebration, Los Angeles, 1949

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:
1949
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Smith, Irving C.
Collection:
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Charlotta Bass and guests at the California Eagle's 70th birthday celebration, Los Angeles, 1949

Charlotta Bass and Dr. Carleton Goodlett, M.D. 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 and Dr. Carleton Goodlett, M.D. at Bethel A.M.E. Church during Negro History Week, San Francisco, 1965

Charles Nelson Gibson as a child with a wheelbarrow, Sacramento, circa 1885

Description:
Charlie Nelson Gibson was born in Sacramento. His family moved to Oakland in the late 19th century. He was a redcap for the Southern Pacific Railroad from 1913-1954. He and his wife, Maude, had three daughters, Thelma, Lois, and Audrey. Gibson was a member of the First African Methodist Episcopal Church of Oakland, the Retired Railroad Men's Club, and several masonic lodges.
Date:
[circa 1885]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Charles Nelson Gibson as a child with a wheelbarrow, Sacramento, circa 1885

Certificate of Discharge for Private James Tribble, who served in the Colored Infantry during the Civil War

Description:
Private James Tribble served in the Colored Infantry, Company 6, 66th Regiment, during the Civil War. He enlisted on December 20, 1863 in Vicksburg, Mississippi and is listed as a farmer. He mustered out on March 20, 1865 in Natchez, Mississippi. He is honored on Plaque C-76 African American Civil War Memorial in Washington, DC. He died December 31, 1892 and is buried in the Union Cemetery in Kansas City, Missouri.
Date:
undated
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Certificate of Discharge for Private James Tribble, who served in the Colored Infantry during the Civil War

Central Avenue street scene with African Americans, Los Angeles, 1939-1945

Description:
One African American man and about six boys stand on the sidewalk at the corner of Central Avenue and E. Vernon. The boy in the striped shirt holds a newspaper with the headline "Trojans lead [...] 6-0" and an article titled "German Sub Sinks British [...] Boat." Across the street is the California Bank building with the dental office of Dr. J. G. Hatcher on the second floor (with his name just visible in the windows).
Date:
[1939-1945]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Central Avenue street scene with African Americans, Los Angeles, 1939-1945