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Thirty-fifth wedding anniversary of Drs. John and Vada Somerville, Los Angeles, 1947

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:
October 16, 1947
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Thirty-fifth wedding anniversary of Drs. John and Vada Somerville, Los Angeles, 1947

Thelner Hoover - Portrait taking photograph, c.1935

Description:
Studio portrait of Thelner B. Hoover (UCLA 1930), professional photographer in Los Angeles, Califronia. While at UCLA, Hoover was the official photographer for several UCLA publications and an unofficial chronicler of numerous campus events. He became the manager of the Westwood Village Studio--a photography studio--in 1938.
Date:
c.1935
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Unidentified
Collection:
Hoover (Thelner B.) and Hoover (Louise E. B.) photographic collection
Thelner Hoover - Portrait taking photograph, c.1935

Thelner Hoover - Portrait holding large camera, c.1935

Description:
Studio portrait of Thelner B. Hoover (UCLA 1930), professional photographer in Los Angeles, Califronia. While at UCLA, Hoover was the official photographer for several UCLA publications and an unofficial chronicler of numerous campus events. He became the manager of the Westwood Village Studio--a photography studio--in 1938.
Date:
c.1935
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Carter, Fred William
Collection:
Hoover (Thelner B.) and Hoover (Louise E. B.) photographic collection
Thelner Hoover - Portrait holding large camera, c.1935

Thelner Hoover - Portrait holding camera, c.1935

Description:
Studio portrait of Thelner B. Hoover (UCLA 1930), professional photographer in Los Angeles, Califronia. While at UCLA, Hoover was the official photographer for several UCLA publications and an unofficial chronicler of numerous campus events. He became the manager of the Westwood Village Studio--a photography studio--in 1938.
Date:
c.1935
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Unidentified
Collection:
Hoover (Thelner B.) and Hoover (Louise E. B.) photographic collection
Thelner Hoover - Portrait holding camera, c.1935

The delegation in Iraq

Description:
SWAHILI: Huu ni ujumbe ambao Ustadh Mau alisafiri nao wakati wa ziara ya Iraq. Mwanamume kati kati (mtu wa tatu kutoka kulia) anayeshika begi nyeusi alikuwa mwenyeyji wa Iraq aliyewaongoza mjini. Kutoka kulia watu ni wafuatao: Abdalla Skandar, Mohamed Swaleh , mwenyeji wa Iraq, mbunge wa Lamu island Mzamil Omar, Mohammed Sharif na nyuma yake Ustadh Mau. Aliyepiga picha hii ni Omar Bwana.<br>ENGLISH: This is the delegation that Ustadh Mau traveled with during their visit to Iraq. The man in the middle holding a black bag is the host who showed the delegation around. From right-hand side the people are: Abdalla Skandar, Mohamed Swaleh , the host from Iraq, the MP of Lamu island Mzamil Omar, Mohammed Sharif and behind him Ustadh Mau. The one who took this picture is Omar Bwana.
Date:
1982
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Ustadh Mau Digital Archive (UMADA)
The delegation in Iraq

Ten young women in the horse-drawn Maryland Hotel float at the Tournament of Roses parade, Pasadena, 1908

Description:
The women are identified as Miss Laing, Miss H. Laing, Miss Jessie McCamment, Mrs. Thomas French, Miss Grace Veder, Miss Pauline Miller, Miss Marjorie Ward, Mlle. Chevaleau, Miss Rosamond Porter, Miss Cobb and Mrs. Southard. ("Floral riches run riot: Gardens give of loveliest for grand display ...," Los Angeles Times, 2 Jan. 1908: 112)
Date:
January 01, 1908
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Ten young women in the horse-drawn Maryland Hotel float at the Tournament of Roses parade, Pasadena, 1908

Sven Haldin

Description:
SWAHILI: Huyu mtu kwenye picha anaitwa Sven Haldin kutoka Uswidi. Yeye alimtumia Ustadh Mau picha yake baada ya kusafiri Lamu island. Ustadh Mau alichangia kwenye jarida lililochapishwa na Uppsala University na msimamizi wake alikuwa Profesa Abdulaziz Lodhi na Sven mmojawapo wa almashauri. Nyuma ya picha Sven aliandika yeye mwenyewe yafuatayo: Picha hii- ya mimi binafsi ilipigwa mwaka 1971 nilipokwenda shule kuwa mhandisi.” Upande wa nyuma wa picha hii inaonyesha maneno machache ambayo Sven alimwandikia Ustadh Mau.<br>ENGLISH: The man in this picture is Sven Haldin, from Sweden. He came to Lamu island and sent this picture of him to Ustadh Mau afterwards. Ustadh Mau contributed to a journal titled Lugha , edited by Abdulaziz Lodhi and Sven was part of the board. On the photo back cove, Sven Aldi wrote a note himself: “This picture of me was taken in 1971 when I was attending a school to become engineer.” The recto of this picture contains an explanatory note written by Sven to Ustadh Mau.
Date:
1971
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Ustadh Mau Digital Archive (UMADA)
Sven Haldin

Sura ya Ustadh Mau II

Description:
SWAHILI: Sura hii nyingine ya Ustadh Mau inaonyesha uso wake unaonara kutokana na jua na bahari nyuma yake.<br>ENGLISH: This other close-up portrait of Ustadh Mau shows his shining face and the sea on the background.
Date:
1970
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Ustadh Mau Digital Archive (UMADA)
Sura ya Ustadh Mau II

Sura ya Ustadh Mau

Description:
SWAHILI: Sura hii inayopendeza ya Ustadh Mau ilipigwa kwenya duka lake la mkate. Ustadh Mau alianza kuvaa miwani alipokuwa miaka thalatini na tatu.<br>ENGLISH: This beautiful portrait of Ustadh Mau was taken at his bakery. Ustadh Mau started wearing glasses when he was thirty-three years old.
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Ustadh Mau Digital Archive (UMADA)
Sura ya Ustadh Mau

Supervisor Kenneth Hahn with Dr. Vada Somerville, Los Angeles, 1959

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:
January 1959
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Homuller, J. A.
Collection:
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Supervisor Kenneth Hahn with Dr. Vada Somerville, Los Angeles, 1959

Supervisor Kenneth Hahn, Dr. Vada Somerville and four others in a group portrait, Los Angeles, 1950s-1960s

Description:
Kenneth Hahn (1920–1997) was a member of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors for forty years, from 1952 to 1992. Hahn was on the Los Angeles City Council from 1947 to 1952. He was an ardent supporter of civil rights throughout the 1960s, and met Martin Luther King, Jr. in 1961.
Date:
[1950s-1960s]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Supervisor Kenneth Hahn, Dr. Vada Somerville and four others in a group portrait, Los Angeles, 1950s-1960s

Supervisor Kenneth Hahn administering a pledge from Dr. Vada Somerville, Los Angeles, 1950s-1960s

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:
[1950s-1960s]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Supervisor Kenneth Hahn administering a pledge from Dr. Vada Somerville, Los Angeles, 1950s-1960s

Student ID photo session, 1947

Description:
The photography sessions for ASUCLA (Associated Students UCLA) membership cards was a highly organized, efficient affair with multiple photographers on hand. In 1947, one of those photographers was Thelner B. Hoover (UCLA 1930) seen here in the foreground on the right. The setting is likely the interior of the Women's Gymnasium (Kaufman Hall).
Date:
September 15, 1947
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Unidentified
Collection:
Hoover (Thelner B.) and Hoover (Louise E. B.) photographic collection
Student ID photo session, 1947

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

Stand collapse victim on stretcher at Tournament of Roses parade, 1926

Description:
Rescue workers and volunteers lift an injured person on a stretcher into an automobile following a stand collapse during the Tournament of Roses Festival parade on New Year's Day 1926 in Pasadena, California. The fatal collapse sent hundreds of parade watchers to the hospital and left at least four people dead. Hoover, who at the time was attending Pasadena Junior College, would go on to attend UCLA, where he became the official photographer for several publications and an unofficial chronicler of UCLA events.
Date:
January 1, 1926
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Hoover, Thelner Barton (UCLA 1930)
Collection:
Hoover (Thelner B.) and Hoover (Louise E. B.) photographic collection
Stand collapse victim on stretcher at Tournament of Roses parade, 1926

Stand collapse aftermath at Tournament of Roses parade, 1926

Description:
Rescue workers and official examine the aftermath of a stand collapse during the Tournament of Roses Festival parade on New Year's Day 1926 in Pasadena, California. The fatal collapse sent hundreds of parade watchers to the hospital and left at least four people dead. Hoover, who at the time was attending Pasadena Junior College, took this photograph of the recovery effort as curious onlookers were kept back by rows of men with outstretched arms. Hoover would go on to attend UCLA, where he became the official photographer for several publications and an unofficial chronicler of UCLA events.
Date:
January 1, 1926
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Hoover, Thelner Barton (UCLA 1930)
Collection:
Hoover (Thelner B.) and Hoover (Louise E. B.) photographic collection
Stand collapse aftermath at Tournament of Roses parade, 1926