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

Description:: Bessie Bruington Burke is recognized as the first black principal of a Los Angeles public school. She attended Los Angeles State Normal School (now part of UCLA) and earned her teaching credential in 1911. Her education was paid for by the Los Angeles Forum, a political and civic organization founded by African Americans in the early 20th century.
Date:: [1926-1968]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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Description:: Still life with a tea kettle, sugar bowl, tea cup in a saucer and 2 pieces of fruit.
Date:: [between 1935-1975]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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Description:: The Pacific Town Club was an African American men's social club located at the intersection of Adams Blvd. and Montclair Ave.
Date:: [1940-1960]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Cloud, Frank H. (Frank Herman), Jr., 1918-2019
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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Description:: Phillip Alexander Bell, an African American in San Francisco, was an abolitionist and civil rights worker who founded newspapers, including the Pacific Appeal newspaper in 1892. He helped escaped slaves find jobs or continue on to Canada.
Date:: [1930-1989]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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Description:: Diorama, created in 1931, showing the Battle of San Pasqual, which took place in 1846 in San Pasqual Valley in what is not San Diego, California. This battle was a military encounter during the Mexican-American War.
Date:: [1931-1989]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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Description:: Marvin Hayes was an African American bass-baritone who performed in many styles of music from the Baroque to modern periods. He appeared as a soloist and as a chamber musician throughout the USA and Europe and he performed with major symphony orchestras. He lived his later years in Pacific Palisades and taught voice. He served on the faculty of Cal Arts from 1965 to 1979 and was a member of the Pomona College faculty from 1981 to 1995.
Date:: [1944-1954]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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Description:: Marian Anderson, contralto, holding a bouquet of roses in her dressing room, posing with six other women, including Vada Somerville (3rd from right).
Date:: [1940s]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Atlas Photo by Charles (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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Description:: Photograph of a young African American woman wearing a light-colored cotton and lace dress, with a string of pearls and a watch. She is seated in front of a painted landscape backdrop.
Date:: [1920-1950]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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Description:: Portrait of Dorothy Vena Johnson, wearing a suit jacket and pearls.
Date:: [between 1935-1950]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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