Collection: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection / Date: 1913 - UCLA Library Digital Collections Search Results

Description:: African American family, one boy, two girls and the parents, standing in front of the porch of a house with a striped awning above them. They are dressed for a special occasion with the boy in a jacket and knickers suit, the girls in light-colored dresses and stockings with large bows in their hair, the mother in a light-colored blouse and long, silk skirt and the father in a light-colored three-piece suit.
Date:: [1910-1920]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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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
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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
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Description:: Studio portrait of Colonel Allen Allensworth in uniform with four medals.
Date:: [circa 1913]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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Description:: Allen Allensworth was born into slavery in Kentucky, served as a Union soldier, became a Baptist minister and educator, and was the first African American to reach the rank of lieutenant colonel. He founded numerous churches, and in 1908 founded Allensworth, California, the only town in the state to be founded, financed and governed by African Americans, now a State Historic Monument. (Wikipedia)
Date:: [circa 1913]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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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:: [1910-1920]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Tivoly L. A.
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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Description:: Two rows of African American baseball players seated on a bench and on the ground in front of a wooden fence. All of them except for two men in the center are wearing baseball uniforms. They are wearing streamers with "Giants" printed on the on their shirts.
Date:: [between 1910-1930]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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