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Descendants of America Waldo Bogle and Richard A. Bogle, Oregon or Washington, 1940s-1950s

Description:: America Waldo Bogle was the daughter of a slave mother and probably one of the Waldo brothers (Missouri businessmen and slave owners who moved to the Oregon Territory). She married Jamaican immigrant Richard Bogle in 1863. He opened a barbershop in Walla Walla, owned a ranch or farm, and was one of the founders of the Walla Walla Building and Loan Association. Five of their eight children lived into adulthood. Three of the sons became barbers in Portland.
Date:: [1940-1960]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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Large arts and crafts style house on a hill, Los Angeles (?), 1890s-1930s

Description:: Multilevel arts and crafts style house on top of hill looking over a city, possibly Los Angeles. There are two other structures just below.
Date:: [1890s-1940s]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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Bronco riding for western movies, 1940s-1950s

Description:: Two photos of a man, probably African American, riding a bucking horse, probably done during the creation of a western movie by a white studio. .
Date:: [1940s-1950s]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Charlotta Bass is shown seated at a long table probably at a courtroom hearing, 1940s-1950s

Description:: Photo: Los Angeles Public Library
Date:: [1940-1960]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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"Sharecropper," clay bust by Beulah Woodard, 1935-1955

Description:: Beulah Ecton Woodard was an African-American sculptor and painter in California who specialized in African subjects. The first African American artist to show her work at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, she founded the Los Angeles Negro Art Association (1937).
Date:: [circa 1935-1955]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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Charlotta Bass at an event with Adam Clayton Powell, Jr., Hazel Scott, circa 1945-1950

Description:: Charlotta Bass was the publisher of the California Eagle newspaper from 1912 to 1951, and a civil rights activist. The California Eagle, covering Los Angeles' African-American community, was one of the oldest and longest running African American newspapers.
Date:: [1945-1950]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Drawing of the San Diego Mission (copy photo made 1930-1989)

Description:: Drawing of the exterior of the mission complex.
Date:: [1930-1989]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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Trading post cabin of James P. Beckwourth, Portola, 1930-1989

Description:: Photomechanical print of the trading post cabin of James P. Beckwourth, built circa 1851-1856.
Date:: [1930-1989]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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Streetcar No. 487 at the intersection of Ascot and Jefferson, Los Angeles, 1947

Description:: Streetcar no. 487 with a sign reading "B to 51st St. Ascot" with a woman and child (left) and a man with a cart (right) with a large tile-roofed building behind it.
Date:: 1947
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Swett, Ira L.
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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House of Nannie V. Holt and James L. Holt, (copy photo made 1930-1089)

Description:: House of Nannie V. Holt and James L. Holt, located at 1320 Albany St., Los Angeles.
Date:: [1930-1989]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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Lithograph based on an 1849 drawing of San Francisco by Henry Firks (copy photo 1930-1989)

Description:: Lithographs of this drawing were issued at least eight times.
Date:: [1930-1989]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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Second Baptist Church, Los Angeles, between 1941-1963

Description:: Exterior view of 2nd Baptist church (2412 Griffith Ave.). A sign with church information states "How to Get Along, [Reverend] Dr. [J. Raymond] Henderson."
Date:: [between 1941-1963]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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Samuel B. Danley, Jr, 1940s

Description:: Samuel B. Danley, Jr., was a Department of Labor employment specialist. He and Theresa Bel Virginia Harper Danley were the parents of Margaret and Theresa.
Date:: [1940s]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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Photographic montage of young black men and women, California, (copy photo 1930-1989)

Description:: Photographic montage with an oval portrait of a young man in the center, surrounded by about 65 small diamond-shaped portraits.
Date:: [1930-1989]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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Corner of Shorey and Cedar Streets, Oakland (copy photo made 1930-1989)

Description:: Street named for Captain William Shorey.
Date:: [1930-1989]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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Relative of Vivian Osborne Marsh, (copy photo made 1930-1989)

Description:: Studio portrait of a female relative of Vivian Osborne Marsh
Date:: [1930-1989]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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African American couple on their wedding day, likely at the First African Methodist Episcopal Church, Los Angeles, 1940s-1950

Description:: African American man and woman standing at the altar in wedding attire, probably at the 1st A.M.E. Church.
Date:: [1940s-1950s]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Sarah G. Johnson, between 1925-1955

Description:: Eugene A. Johnson and Sarah G. Johnson were the parents of Evelyn Harris and Eugene Johnson.
Date:: [between 1925-1955]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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Carpenter adobe dwelling, Santa Fe Springs (vicinity) (copy photo made 1930-1989)

Description:: Adobe house on the former Rancho Santa Gertrudes near Santa Fe Springs. It was probably built by someone in the Nieto family, was later owned by Lemuel Carpenter, then John Downey, then Ramirez.
Date:: [1930-1989]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

House of Bessie Bruington Burke, Los Angeles, 1931-1968

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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Descendants of America Waldo Bogle and Richard A. Bogle, Oregon or Washington, 1940s-1950s

Large arts and crafts style house on a hill, Los Angeles (?), 1890s-1930s

Bronco riding for western movies, 1940s-1950s

Charlotta Bass is shown seated at a long table probably at a courtroom hearing, 1940s-1950s

"Sharecropper," clay bust by Beulah Woodard, 1935-1955

Charlotta Bass at an event with Adam Clayton Powell, Jr., Hazel Scott, circa 1945-1950

Drawing of the San Diego Mission (copy photo made 1930-1989)

Trading post cabin of James P. Beckwourth, Portola, 1930-1989

Streetcar No. 487 at the intersection of Ascot and Jefferson, Los Angeles, 1947

House of Nannie V. Holt and James L. Holt, (copy photo made 1930-1089)

Lithograph based on an 1849 drawing of San Francisco by Henry Firks (copy photo 1930-1989)

Second Baptist Church, Los Angeles, between 1941-1963

Samuel B. Danley, Jr, 1940s

Photographic montage of young black men and women, California, (copy photo 1930-1989)

Corner of Shorey and Cedar Streets, Oakland (copy photo made 1930-1989)

Relative of Vivian Osborne Marsh, (copy photo made 1930-1989)

African American couple on their wedding day, likely at the First African Methodist Episcopal Church, Los Angeles, 1940s-1950

Sarah G. Johnson, between 1925-1955

Carpenter adobe dwelling, Santa Fe Springs (vicinity) (copy photo made 1930-1989)

House of Bessie Bruington Burke, Los Angeles, 1931-1968

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