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88th annual communication most worshipful sovereign Grand Lodge Free and Accepted Masons State of California [...], panorama in 4 sections, Berkeley, 1942

Description:
Left caption: 88th annual communication / most worshipful sovereign grand lodge / free and accepted masons / state of California and jurisdiction [visible in photo at the African American Museum & Library at Oakland Photograph Collection]
Date:
[July 1942]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
88th annual communication most worshipful sovereign Grand Lodge Free and Accepted Masons State of California [...], panorama in 4 sections, Berkeley, 1942

A. C. Bilbrew and others at the Bethune Women's Day event at the Second Baptist Church, Los Angeles, 1962

Description:
Text from newspaper caption: Guests and platform speakers included in the photo at lower right are from left: Mrs. Jeanette Petrie, Mrs. Ora Taylor, Mrs. Ann O'Ferrall, Lt. Commander Dennis Nelson, Mrs. Ruth Cunningham, Mrs. A. C. Bilbrew, Mrs. Ferrol Bobo Starks, Supervisor Kenneth Hahn, Mother Pearl Woods, Atty. James Flournoy.
Date:
August 1962
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Adams, Harry H., 1918-1988
Collection:
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
A. C. Bilbrew and others at the Bethune Women's Day event at the Second Baptist Church, Los Angeles, 1962

A. C. Bilbrew, circa 1964

Description:
Madame A. C. Bilbrew was the director of the first black choir featured in a film, 1928's Hearts of Dixie, which also happened to be the first black "talkie." She was also a pioneer in radio, becoming the first African American soloist on the radio in 1923, and later, the first African American to have and host a show in 1942. She was a cast member of the movie The Foxes of Harrow in 1947. Bilbrew was a champion of women's rights and childhood literacy; she was a community leader, musician, poet, and deputy to Kenneth Hahn (County Supervisor) A Los Angeles branch library is named after her.
Date:
[circa 1964]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
A. C. Bilbrew, circa 1964

A. C. Bilbrew on stage, 1961

Description:
Madame A. C. Bilbrew was the director of the first black choir featured in a film, 1928's Hearts of Dixie, which also happened to be the first black "talkie." She was also a pioneer in radio, becoming the first African American soloist on the radio in 1923, and later, the first African American to have and host a show in 1942. She was a cast member of the movie The Foxes of Harrow in 1947. Bilbrew was a champion of women's rights and childhood literacy; she was a community leader, musician, poet, and deputy to Kenneth Hahn (County Supervisor) A Los Angeles branch library is named after her.
Date:
December 4, 1961
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Adams, Harry H., 1918-1988
Collection:
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
A. C. Bilbrew on stage, 1961

A. C. Bilbrew playing a piano, circa 1963

Description:
Madame A. C. Bilbrew was the director of the first black choir featured in a film, 1928's Hearts of Dixie, which also happened to be the first black "talkie." She was also a pioneer in radio, becoming the first African American soloist on the radio in 1923, and later, the first African American to have and host a show in 1942. She was a cast member of the movie The Foxes of Harrow in 1947. Bilbrew was a champion of women's rights and childhood literacy; she was a community leader, musician, poet, and deputy to Kenneth Hahn (County Supervisor) A Los Angeles branch library is named after her.
Date:
[circa 1963]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
A. C. Bilbrew playing a piano, circa 1963

Adobe dwelling in the Sonora Town neighborhood, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:
The part of the city called "Sonora Town" was an old adobe village north of the Plaza and Church of Our Lady, Queen of the Angels. It was Los Angeles' first Mexican quarters, or barrio. The area was named for the numerous miners and families who came from Sonora, Mexico, and may have still been around in the 1930s. Now it is Los Angeles' Chinatown District.
Date:
May 29, 1936
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Adobe dwelling in the Sonora Town neighborhood, Los Angeles, 1936

Adobe dwelling on the land of the original Rancho Rodeo de las Agua land grant, now Beverly Hills, 1920

Description:
After the session of California to the United States, the Rancho Rodeo de las Aguas land grant was patented to Maria Rita Valdez de Villa. She possessed the land from 1831 to 1854. After that, the property changed hands several times before becoming Beverly Hills in the early 20th century.
Date:
1920
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Adobe dwelling on the land of the original Rancho Rodeo de las Agua land grant, now Beverly Hills, 1920

Advertisement for Freita Shaw's Etude Etheopian Chorus Benefit Concert, Los Angeles, 1924

Description:
The photograph on the advertisement is a group portrait of the chorus standing in front of a brick building. The flyer reads: "Freita Shaw's / Etude Etheopian Chorus / in its first / Benefit Concert / For the Y. W. C. A. / at the Jefferson High School Auditorium / Monday Sept. 15 8pm. / Etude Etheopian Chori / Freita Shaw, Directress, Mattie Duckett, Business Manager / Juanita Terry, Accompanist / Featuring Classics, Spirituals, Plantation Melodies / The proceeds from this entertainment will go to "Womanhood Armor" / The YMCA's. Health Class / Admission 50 [cents] / Printed by A. J. Johnson, 3213 Central Ave., HU 7228"
Date:
1924
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Advertisement for Freita Shaw's Etude Etheopian Chorus Benefit Concert, Los Angeles, 1924

Advertisement for William Aikens' Western Flying School of Aeronautics, Los Angeles, 1936-1939

Description:
William Aikens was a pilot during the 1920s, and 1930s. He was a member of the famous African American flying group "The Five Blackbirds." They were known for their airshows. Aikens also taught flying, and gave plane rides for a fee. Several times the money he obtained from air shows were donated to charity.
Date:
[1936-1939]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Advertisement for William Aikens' Western Flying School of Aeronautics, Los Angeles, 1936-1939
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