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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
OpenUCLA Collections

Alla Shaffer, Kenton (Ohio), 1860-1900

Description:: Studio portrait of Alla Shaffer wearing an elaborate hat, high neck coat and feather scarf.
Date:: [1860-1900]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Alice Taylor Gafford, 1960s (?)

Description:: Alice Taylor Gafford beside one of her still life paintings featuring a straw hat, wine glass and wine bottle.
Date:: [1960s (?)]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Albert Ernest Forsythe and C. Albert Anderson with Pride of Atlantic City, a single engine airplane, 1933

Description:: Albert Ernest Forsythe and C. Albert Anderson stand beside an airplane with "Pride of Atlantic City" painted on the body at an airport.
Date:: [1933]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

A. J. Roberts, Sons and Company mortuary building on Central Avenue, Los Angeles, 1922 or later

Description:: Exterior view of the A. J. Roberts and Sons mortuary, with a sign reading "Roberts Mortuary" located at 1415 Central Avenue.
Date:: [1922 or later]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

A. J. Roberts in front of the A. J. Roberts, Sons and Company mortuary building on Central Avenue, Los Angeles, 1922 or later

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:: [1922 or later]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

"African Trader" by Herman Kofi Bailey, 1960-1981

Description:: Mixed media drawing of a African man wearing a white robe and hat. Artist is Herman "Kofi" Bailey
Date:: [1960-1981]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

"African Trader" by Herman Kofi Bailey, 1960-1981

Description:: Mixed media drawing of a African man wearing a white robe and hat. Artist is Herman "Kofi" Bailey
Date:: [1960-1981]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

African Methodist Episcopal Church General Conference at the Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, 1960

Description:: View of delegates attending the African Methodist Episcopal Church Conference at the Shrine Auditorium.
Date:: May 1960
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Adams, Harry H., 1918-1988
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

African Methodist Episcopal Church General Conference at the Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, 1960

Description:: View of delegates attending the African Methodist Episcopal Church Conference at the Shrine Auditorium.
Date:: May 1960
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Adams, Harry H., 1918-1988
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

African American youth in a band, Los Angeles, undated

Description:: Group of seven children (11-15 years old) playing various musical instruments including saxophones, a piano, and a drum. More older children look in from a doorway. This is probably in the area of Central Avenue.
Date:: [undated]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

African American women in uniform at the launching of the S. S. Ocean Telegraph, Oakland, 1945

Description:: Emmanuel Francis (E.F.) Joseph was the first professional African American photographer in the San Francisco Bay Area of California.
Date:: April 29, 1945
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Joseph, Emmanuel Francis, 1900-1979
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

African American women by the beach, 1900s-1920s

Description:: Two unidentified African American women wearing coats, standing on a landing overlooking a beach with a wooden pier in the background.
Date:: [1900s-1920s]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

African American women at the Church of the Episcopal Church of the Advent, Los Angeles, 1963

Description:: Ten African American women stand on the steps of the Episcopal Church of the Advent (4976 W. Adams Blvd.), greeting the minister, Reverend Lewis P. Bohler, as they leave.
Date:: January 1963
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Adams, Harry H., 1918-1988
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

African Americans on horseback, possibly for western movies, 1940s-1950s

Description:: Two photographs or actors in cowboy costumes, probably for westerns produced by white studios. 1) 3 white men dressed as cowboys on a corral. 2) An African American man and woman each on horseback with a woman standing between them in a corral.
Date:: [1940s-1950s]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

African Americans in a group portrait at a roadside, 1940-1960

Description:: African American adults and children pose for a group portrait on a roadside with a housing development on a hillside visible in the distance.
Date:: [1940-1960]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Cloud's Studio
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

African Americans dancing on a stage with musicians, Los Angeles, 1940s-1950s

Description:: Since this image is in the Somerville file, the musicians and dancers might be performing music and dance of Jamaica.
Date:: [1940s-1950s]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

African Americans at a picnic, circa 1920

Description:: Two African American couples seated at a picnic table in a forest setting.
Date:: [circa 1920]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

African American miner during the California gold rush at Auburn Ravine, Auburn, 1852

Description:: An African American Miner holding a shovel above a sluice box at Auburn Ravine
Date:: 1852
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

African American men picketing, Los Angeles, between 1939-1945

Description:: African American men holding picket signs on a street corner. Signs read "If good enough to fight together, why not to work together," "Jim Crow must Go!," "American youth wants Democracy [...]" One man holds a folded newspaper with partial headlines reading "[...]pper attacks [...] Lindenberg"
Date:: [between 1939-1945]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Jackson, Vera, 1911-1999
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

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

Alla Shaffer, Kenton (Ohio), 1860-1900

Alice Taylor Gafford, 1960s (?)

Albert Ernest Forsythe and C. Albert Anderson with Pride of Atlantic City, a single engine airplane, 1933

A. J. Roberts, Sons and Company mortuary building on Central Avenue, Los Angeles, 1922 or later

A. J. Roberts in front of the A. J. Roberts, Sons and Company mortuary building on Central Avenue, Los Angeles, 1922 or later

"African Trader" by Herman Kofi Bailey, 1960-1981

"African Trader" by Herman Kofi Bailey, 1960-1981

African Methodist Episcopal Church General Conference at the Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, 1960

African Methodist Episcopal Church General Conference at the Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, 1960

African American youth in a band, Los Angeles, undated

African American women in uniform at the launching of the S. S. Ocean Telegraph, Oakland, 1945

African American women by the beach, 1900s-1920s

African American women at the Church of the Episcopal Church of the Advent, Los Angeles, 1963

African Americans on horseback, possibly for western movies, 1940s-1950s

African Americans in a group portrait at a roadside, 1940-1960

African Americans dancing on a stage with musicians, Los Angeles, 1940s-1950s

African Americans at a picnic, circa 1920

African American miner during the California gold rush at Auburn Ravine, Auburn, 1852

African American men picketing, Los Angeles, between 1939-1945

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