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Early watercolor view of San Francisco, seen from the bay (copy photo 1930-1989)

Description:: The names of San Francisco streets are labeled, including: Clay St., Washington St., Montgomery St., and Kearney St.
Date:: [1930-1989]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Daniel Headlee, circa 1970

Description:: Studio portrait of Daniel Headlee, grandson of William Grant Still.
Date:: [circa 1970]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Hand-colored portrait of "Daisy," a friend of the Miriam Matthews family, 1920-1940

Description:: Studio portrait of an African American woman wearing a light blue dress or jacket.
Date:: [1920-1940]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Children at a dance recital or class, 1920-1950

Description:: Group portrait of 11 girls and boys posed in a semi-circle and pointing towards one another, wearing stage costumes.
Date:: [1920-1950]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Letter, 1936 May 19, Washington D.C. to Mr. Charles B. Dulcan, Vice-President, Hechts Department Store, Washington D.C.

Description:: Digitization took place as part of the California Cultures Project.
Date:: May 19, 1936
Resource Type:: text
Collection:: Bunche (Ralph J.) Papers
OpenUCLA Collections

William E. Easton with his daughter Dorothy Easton Houston and his granddaughter Athenaise Marie Houston, Los Angeles, 1924-1925

Description:: William Edgar Easton seated with his granddaughter, Athenaise Marie Houston, in his lap and his daughter, Dorothy Easton Houston, standing behind him, in front of a house.
Date:: [1924-1925]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Gladys Dejarnette (De Jarnette) and Alva Curtis Garrott, Los Angeles, circa 1895

Description:: Dr. Alva Curtis Garrott married Lillie Dejarnette in 1893. Dr. Garrott earned degrees in Pharmacy and Dentistry at Howard University in Washington, D. C. before bringing his family to Los Angeles in 1901, becoming this city's first Negro dentist.
Date:: [circa 1895]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Address. Dillon S. Myer. "Problems of Evacuee Resettlement in California"

Description:: Address by the Director of the WRA in Eagle Rock, CA. Provides brief overview of forced removal process after 1943 and argues for resettlement of Japanese Americans.
Date:: 1945 June 19
Resource Type:: text
Collection:: Collection of Material about Japanese American Incarceration
OpenUCLA Collections

Twelfth National Convention of the Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Chicago, 1933

Description:: Group portrait of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority members at the 12th National Convention in Chicago.
Date:: 1933
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Jones, R. D.
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Nathaniel Dett Composer, 1930-1940

Description:: Studio portrait of Robert Nathaniel Dett.
Date:: [1930-1940]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Integrated Public School, Los Angeles, 1855-1900

Description:: Group portrait of first public school in Los Angeles with two African American students visible, seated and standing outside of a brick building with at least one teacher on the left.
Date:: [1855-1900]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Dr. John Alexander Somerville, 1940s-1950s

Description:: Studio portrait of Dr. John A. Somerville.
Date:: [1940-1960]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Young man wearing a suit and holding a diploma, 1890-1920

Description:: Studio portrait of an African American boy seating on a wooden chair wearing a suit, and holding a scrolled document, perhaps a diploma.
Date:: [1890-1920]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

George Lyon Pratt, Dr. Vada Somerville and Norman O. Houston, Los Angeles, 1950s

Description:: Reverend George Lyon Pratt was the rector of the Church of the Advent, beginning in 1946 (saving it from bankruptcy).
Date:: [1950s]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Rothschild Photo (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Dr. John A. Somerville with Sir Roger Makin and others at the British embassy in Washington D.C., 1954

Description:: Sir Roger Makins was a British diplomat who served as British Ambassador to the United States from 1953 to 1956
Date:: April 1954
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Ralph J. Bunche, UCLA portrait

Description:: Ralph J. Bunche's University of California, Los Angeles commencement portrait
Date:: June 1927
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Anonymous
Collection:: Bunche (Ralph J.) Papers
OpenUCLA Collections

James J. Leggett and Anna L. Leggett with their daughter Cornelia, Los Angeles, circa 1900

Description:: Portrait of James J. Leggett and Anna L. Leggett with their daughter Cornelia and their dog on the front steps of their house at 753 Ceres Ave.
Date:: [circa 1900]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Relative of Bessie Coleman seated beside a trophy cup, 1920s

Description:: Studio portrait of a relative of Bessie Coleman, an African American woman, holding an award cup, most likely earned by Bessie Coleman.
Date:: [1920s]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Dr. John Somerville with others having dinner at a hotel, 1940s-1950s

Description:: Dr. John Somerville, born in Jamaica, was the first black graduate of USC School of Dentistry (1907). He married Vada Jetmore Watson (1912), who also became a dentist. He built the Somerville Hotel (1928), was instrumental in the founding of the Los Angeles chapter of NAACP (1914), and served on the Police Commission 1949-1953.
Date:: [1940s-1950s]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Letter of thanks from Enix Clark, President of the Allensworth Water Company, circa 1976 (?)

Date:: [circa 1976 (?)]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

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Early watercolor view of San Francisco, seen from the bay (copy photo 1930-1989)

Daniel Headlee, circa 1970

Hand-colored portrait of "Daisy," a friend of the Miriam Matthews family, 1920-1940

Children at a dance recital or class, 1920-1950

Letter, 1936 May 19, Washington D.C. to Mr. Charles B. Dulcan, Vice-President, Hechts Department Store, Washington D.C.

William E. Easton with his daughter Dorothy Easton Houston and his granddaughter Athenaise Marie Houston, Los Angeles, 1924-1925

Gladys Dejarnette (De Jarnette) and Alva Curtis Garrott, Los Angeles, circa 1895

Address. Dillon S. Myer. "Problems of Evacuee Resettlement in California"

Twelfth National Convention of the Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Chicago, 1933

Nathaniel Dett Composer, 1930-1940

Integrated Public School, Los Angeles, 1855-1900

Dr. John Alexander Somerville, 1940s-1950s

Young man wearing a suit and holding a diploma, 1890-1920

George Lyon Pratt, Dr. Vada Somerville and Norman O. Houston, Los Angeles, 1950s

Dr. John A. Somerville with Sir Roger Makin and others at the British embassy in Washington D.C., 1954

Ralph J. Bunche, UCLA portrait

James J. Leggett and Anna L. Leggett with their daughter Cornelia, Los Angeles, circa 1900

Relative of Bessie Coleman seated beside a trophy cup, 1920s

Dr. John Somerville with others having dinner at a hotel, 1940s-1950s

Letter of thanks from Enix Clark, President of the Allensworth Water Company, circa 1976 (?)

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