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

Lorenzo Bowdoin with Frances Vaughn and Reuben Bowdoin Vaughn, Los Angeles, circa 1962

Description:: Studio portrait of Lorenzo Bowdoin (seated), his daughter, Frances Vaughn, and grandson, Reuben Bowdoin Vaughn.
Date:: [circa 1962]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Mining shaft in gold rush country, a site visited by Charles Alston and Hale Woodruff during the Golden State Mutual mural research tour, California, 1948

Description:: A mining shaft in gold rush country, visited by artists Charles Alston and Hale Woodruff when they were researching the mural for the new building of the Golden State Mutual Life Insurance Company.
Date:: August 1948
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Langston Hughes, 1939

Description:: Portrait of young Langston Hughes.
Date:: [1939]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Dr. Alva C. Garrott, dentist, circa 1910

Description:: Studio portrait of Dr. Alva Garrott, used in an advertisement for his dental practice.
Date:: [circa 1910]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

African American toddler next to a banister, 1870-1900

Description:: Studio portrait of a young African American child, 2-4 years old, wearing a gingham dress and a plaid sash. He/she is standing next to a banister with a painting of a lake and classical building on the wall in the background.
Date:: [1870-1900]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Portrait of a young man, a friend of the Miriam Matthews family, 1920-1950

Description:: Studio portrait of a young African American man wearing a suit.
Date:: [1920-1950]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Pio Pico Adobe, Whittier (copy photo 1930-1989)

Description:: Exterior view of the Pio Pico Adobe in a state of dilapidation.
Date:: [1930-1989]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Pauline Petit Logan, 1870s-1880s

Description:: Studio portrait of Pauline Petit Logan.
Date:: [1870-1890]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Emporium and Golden Rule Bazaar
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Still life with coffee service and cups by Alice Taylor Gafford, between 1935-1975

Description:: Still life of a metal coffee pot, 2 tea cups and saucers, and a mug, in a wooden frame.
Date:: [between 1935-1975]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Robert Curry Owens American craftsman style residence on Albany St., Los Angeles, 1909

Description:: Interior of the Robert Curry Owens house on Albany St., with decorative woodwork and American Indian rugs.
Date:: 1909
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Edward Ross Houston, circa 1918

Description:: Edward Ross Houston was married to Dorothy Isabelle Houston the father of Athenaise "Puffie" Houston Hill and Millie Houston Price. He was the locker room attendant at the Hillcrest Country Club at 10,000 Pico Blvd. in Los Angeles,
Date:: [circa 1918]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Unidentified relatives of Lora Tombs Scott, 1880-1910

Description:: Studio portrait of a young married couple related to Lora Toombs Scott.
Date:: [1800-1910]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Portrait of a young African American woman, early 1900s

Description:: Studio portrait of an unidentified African American woman wearing a light-colored dress standing in front of a painted backdrop, next to a chair.
Date:: [1900-1920]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Employees at the Pace & Handy Music Co. including William Grant Still, New York, 1920

Description:: William Grant Still was an American composer, who composed more than 150 works, including five symphonies and eight operas. [Wikipedia]
Date:: 1920
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Dr. Vada Somerville, circa 1940s

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:: [1940-1950]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Cutler, George M. (George Miles), 1901-1949
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Boardinghouse owned by Mary Ellen Pleasant, San Francisco, 1888

Description:: Mary Ellen Pleasant was a very successful 19th-century African American entrepreneur, financier, real estate magnate and abolitionist. She was a "conductor” on the Underground Railroad and helped John Brown plan and finance his slave uprising.
Date:: 1888
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

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

Vivian Osborne Marsh and three others at a formal event, 1950-1970

Description:: Vivian Osborne Marsh was born in Houston, Texas, and received her Bachelors and Masters degrees in Anthropology from the University of California at Berkeley. She founded the Berkeley campus’ Kappa Chapter of the Delta Sigma Theta Sorority. She went on to found several other chapters. Two major projects that she organized were the Traveling Library, which provided books to rural portions of Georgia, and Teen Lift, which provided opportunities for underprivileged teenagers to visit events such as symphonies and operas. She was involved in many civic organizations. On February 21, 1981, the mayor of Berkeley honored her contributions by declaring it to be Vivian Osborne Marsh Day.
Date:: [1950-1970]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

House owned by the Owens family, First and Los Angeles St., Los Angeles, 1870

Description:: Exterior view of the house of Robert Owens, Sr., with a fence on the left and a picket fence in front with a woman seated on the porch. Seen from the unpaved street.
Date:: [circa 1870]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Lora Toombs Scott (copy photo made 1930-1989)

Description:: Studio portrait of Lora Toombs Scott.
Date:: [1930-1989]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

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Lorenzo Bowdoin with Frances Vaughn and Reuben Bowdoin Vaughn, Los Angeles, circa 1962

Mining shaft in gold rush country, a site visited by Charles Alston and Hale Woodruff during the Golden State Mutual mural research tour, California, 1948

Langston Hughes, 1939

Dr. Alva C. Garrott, dentist, circa 1910

African American toddler next to a banister, 1870-1900

Portrait of a young man, a friend of the Miriam Matthews family, 1920-1950

Pio Pico Adobe, Whittier (copy photo 1930-1989)

Pauline Petit Logan, 1870s-1880s

Still life with coffee service and cups by Alice Taylor Gafford, between 1935-1975

Robert Curry Owens American craftsman style residence on Albany St., Los Angeles, 1909

Edward Ross Houston, circa 1918

Unidentified relatives of Lora Tombs Scott, 1880-1910

Portrait of a young African American woman, early 1900s

Employees at the Pace & Handy Music Co. including William Grant Still, New York, 1920

Dr. Vada Somerville, circa 1940s

Boardinghouse owned by Mary Ellen Pleasant, San Francisco, 1888

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

Vivian Osborne Marsh and three others at a formal event, 1950-1970

House owned by the Owens family, First and Los Angeles St., Los Angeles, 1870

Lora Toombs Scott (copy photo made 1930-1989)

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