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Gathering of the "Top Gals", Los Angeles 1940s

Description:: L to R: Unidentified woman (possibly Mrs. Bryant?), Estelle Sherwood, Sarah Griffin, unidentified woman (possibly Mrs. Darby?), Dorothy Johnson, Leontyne King, and Zepherine Brown.
Date:: [1940s]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Guest of honor Marva Louis at a party, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Lawyers Aaron Payne (Chicago) and Walter L. Gordon, Jr. in Gordon's office, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: Aaron Payne is visiting Los Angeles attorney Walter L. Gordon, Jr. in Gordon's office.
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Group of Society Women, Los Angeles 1940s

Description:: All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.
Date:: [1940s]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Ethel (Sissle) Gordon with daughter Cynthia and Paula Brown Higgins , Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: Ethel Sissle Gordon with her children from her marriage to musician Noble Sissle. Photo was taken after she had moved to Los Angeles and married Walter L. Gordon, Jr.
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Red "Big Tex" Winters and Herman Spurlock, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: Red "Big Tex" Winters is pictured at far left, and Herman Spurlock at far right. The others in the photograph are unidentified.
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Merriman, Ted
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Jim Goodrich (?), Leon Washington, Eddie Heywood, and Louie Cole, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.
Date:: [1940s]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Mr. & Mrs. Spencer Browne, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Sheffield Studio
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Actors and activists in Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Matthews Photographic & News Service
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

African American actors, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Merriman, Ted
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

African American business figures, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: Seated at table, left to right: Mitchell Miles, Mabel Miles, Dr. William A. Goodloe and Juanita Goodloe, and an unidentified man. Standing in rear, left to right: Horace Clark, Albert (Al) Maddox, William Nickerson, Clarence Muse, and an unidentified man (in waiter's costume).
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Tricky Davis, Alyce Key, Della Miles and Mae Johnson at a show, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

James L. "Buddy" Garcia and Marge Garcia, with James' brother and his date, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Walter L. Gordon, Jr., Leonard Reed, and others, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Vivian Jackson in Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Evelyn Deloach in Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: Evelyn Deloach visited Los Angeles from Martha's Vineyard.
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Three African American women models, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

L'Tanya with Earl "Fatha" Hines and Harry "The Hipster" Gibson, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: LaTanya Griffin (far left) posing with Earl "Fatha" Hines (next to Mrs. Griffin) and Harry "The Hipster" Gibson (far right). The other woman in the photograph is unidentified.
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Liz (Elizabeth) McCullough of Chicago in Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Mildred Boyd, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

District Attorney Fred N. Howser, Los Angeles, 1940s.

Description:: All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Painting of Ethel (Sissle) Gordon

Description:: At the time of this painting Ethel Sissle was married to attorney Walter L. Gordon, Jr. Artist is unknown.
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Ethel (Sissle) Gordon, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Lena Torrance, Lula Griffith, Beulah Honoré, and Betty Martina, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Unidentified showgirl in Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Unidentified African American woman, Los Angeles, 1940s?

Description:: All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Dancers Charles "Cholly" Atkins, Charles "Honi" Coles, Mae Johnson, Alyce Key, and Gary Lambert "Pete" Nugent, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: At table, left to right: Charles "Cholly" Atkins, Charles "Honi" Coles, Mae Johnson, Alyce Key, and Pete Nugent. Atkins and Coles, preeminent tap dancers, performed together for nineteen years, starting in 1940. Atkins was an expert wing dancer, while Coles's specialty was precision.
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Merriman, Ted
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Phi Beta Sigma men, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Smith, Jesse, photographer
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Two unidentified women, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Wedding reception for Bernyce and Leon Smith in Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Ethel (Sissle) Gordon and an unidentified woman in bathing suits, Atlantic City, 1940s

Description:: All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Party at photographer George Cutler's house, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: Seated on floor (L to R): Lillian Fentress, Chester Washington, Bessie Gant, an unidentified woman, Cullen Fentress. Seated on the couch (L to R): Maudelle Richardson, Gladys Hill, Herman Hill, an unidentified woman, a man identified by his last name "Stubberfield" and an unidentified man. Standing (L to R): an unidentified woman and man, Lois Evans, and George Cutler.
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Vince Monroe Townsend, Joe Saunders, Muriel Andrade, and Rayfield Lundy, Los Angeles 1940s

Description:: L to R: Vince Monroe Townsend, Joe Saunders, Muriel Andrade, Rayfield Lundy.
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Affair at Club Alabam, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Night out at Central Avenue's Jockey Club, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: Gibbs Jockey Club Cafe was located at 4305 S. Central Avenue in Los Angeles.
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Merriman, Ted
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Well-dressed group dining out, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: Seated on left side of table, L to R: Mabel Miles (1st), Edythe Houston (2nd). Seated of right side of table, L to R: Norman O. Houston (1st), Mitchel Miles (2nd). Standing at the far end of the talbe: Floyd Snelson. Standing in the back: Eddie Atkinson (4th from L).
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Dinner party in Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Tibbs, Walter L. Gordon, Jr., James Garcia and Floyd Snelson at a fashion show, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Thomas W. Myles, Walter L. Gordon Jr., Jesse B. Mann and others, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: From L to R: Thomas W. Myles (also known as Tommie), Walter L. Gordon Jr., an unidentified man (son of Clara Lisberg and nephew of Camille Cannady), an unidentified woman (last name Sue/Soo (?), and whose husband was a member of Duke Ellington's orchestra), Jesse B. Mann, an unidentified man.
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Ethel (Sissle) Gordon, Walter L. Gordon, Jr., Robert Clark, and Anise Boyer, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: L to R: Ethel Gordon, Walter Gordon, Robert Clark and Anise Boyer.
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Dancer Marie Bryant and three unidentified chorus girls, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

War Perkins, L'Tanya, and Herb Jeffries in a group, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Unidentified African American woman, Los Angeles, 1940s?

Description:: All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Ethel Sissle, Catherine Garcia and Marva Louis, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: Photo was taken at Noble Sissle's house, while Ethel was still married to him.
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

"Pegga" Hawkins, Marjorie McPherson, Emily Portwig, Laura Fowler and other women, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: Group portrait of women. Identified are Laura Fowler (standing, 5th from left), Emily Portwig, (standing, 6th from left), and Pegga Hawkings (standing, 7th from left).
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Group including Rev. Samuel M. Beane and L. G. Robinson, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: Rev. Samuel M. Beane is seated in the second row, far left (smiling). L. G. Robinson is seated second from left in the front row. Mr. City is the man in the back row at the right.
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Alpha Kappa Alpha formal event, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Jennie Bruington and her daughter, Esther Beck, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Dynamite Jackson, Eddie Jackson, and two others, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: L to R: Dynamite Jackson, Eddie Jackson, unidentified man, unidentified woman.
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Ethel (Sissle) Gordon posing outside, Los Angeles, 1940s (2nd copy?)

Description:: All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.
Date:: [1940?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

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