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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:: August 1963
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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Description:: Family photographs of the Williams family. Left: Marilyn, Della and Norma in their yard. Right: Marilyn and Norma with Paul in their yard (1271 W. 35th St.).
Date:: [1932-1933]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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Description:: Pacific Creamery Co., located in Buena Park produced Lilly Cream Ice Cream. Buena Park first became known as a dairy center, and both the Santa Fe and Southern Pacific railroads built depots to transport merchandise. The Lily Creamery started operations in Buena Park in 1889. With the exception of a few wineries, the creamery was the first industry in the city. The Pacific Creamery Plant was sold in 1927, and it operated under the Borden Milk Co. Creamery and Ice Factory name until its closure in 1953.
Date:: 1905
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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Description:: Image depicting an early model automobile covered with foliage. Robert Gaylord (possibly African American) is in the driver's seat of a Milwaukee horseless carriage, dressed in a suit and cap. The car is in a driveway with a house in the background. This was the first year that there were automobiles in the Tournament of Roses parade.
Date:: January 01, 1901
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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Description:: Raymond St. Jacques was an actor, director and producer. He was the first African American actor to appear in a regular role on a western series, playing Simon Blake on Rawhide.
Date:: [1970s]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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Description:: Color photograph of an altar of St. Matthias Episcopal Church at Christmas time. The church was located at W. Washington Blvd. and Normandie Ave. until 1963.
Date:: [circa 1960-1963]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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Description:: Sara N. Watkins was the mother of Dr. Alice Watkins Garrott, a dentist who married dentist. Dr. Alva Curtis Garrott.
Date:: [circa 1910]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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Description:: Carol Brice was an American contralto. She studied at Palmer Memorial Institute, Talladega College in Talladega, Alabama (BA, 1939), and the Juilliard School of Music (1939-1943). She attracted considerable attention for her role in a production of The Hot Mikado at the New York World's Fair (1939), where she worked with Bill "Bojangles" Robinson. Brice made her recital debut in 1943, that year becoming the first African-American to win the Walter Naumburg Award. Her concerts often featured the piano accompaniment of her brother, Jonathan Brice.
Date:: [1935-1950]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Cutler, George M. (George Miles), 1901-1949
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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Description:: Thomas Augustus Greene was the organizer and the first executive secretary of the 28th St. Branch of the YMCA and served from 1906 to 1932.
Date:: [between 1913-1980]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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