Collection: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection - UCLA Library Digital Collections Search Results

Yvonne Shelton and Katherine Alexander, Los Angeles, 1940s.

Description:: All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.
Date:: [1940s]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Yvonne Shelton and Katherine Alexander, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Wynonie Harris, Lorenzo Flennoy, and Dan Grissom at Al Austin's Casa Blanca nightclub, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: L to R: unidentified guitarist, Dan Grissom, Wynonie Harris, another unidentified musician, Lorenzo Flennoy and Al Austin. Photo taken at the club Casa Blanca at 2801 S. San Pedro in Los Angeles.
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Women posing by swimming pool at Mitchell Miles' house, Los Angeles, 1940s.

Description:: The women posing were former showgirls at the New York Cotton Club, who migrated out to Los Angeles. Taken at the home of Mitchell Miles, on W. 27th Street in Los Angeles.
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Women at garden party at Noble Sissle's house, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Women at garden party at Noble Sissle's house, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: Ethel Sissle is standing, 2nd from right, and Catherine Garcia is standing 4th from right. Marva Louis is seated on the bridge railing.
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Woman named Fitzgerald, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr. believes that this woman was a client of his who hoped to work in the motion picture industry. Her last name was Fitzgerald.
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Woman modeling swimsuit, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Merriman, Ted
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Woman in a fur coat, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: This woman is unidentified, but may have been the sister-in-law of the Sentinel's Leon Washington. It is believed that she ran a junk yard at 56th and Central.
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Merriman, Ted
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Winning contestant in drag contest hosted by Bill Hefflin at the Club Alabam, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: Drag ball hosted by Bill Hefflin at the Club Alabam, most likely on Halloween. The winner is in a grey striped two-piece suit.
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Woods, Buck
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

William Pickens and Noble Sissle, New York, 1940s

Description:: L to R: William Pickens, Noble Sissle and an unidentified woman.
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

William Goodloe, Juanita Goodloe and others at a garden party, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.
Date:: [1940s]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

William G. (Bill) Nunn and Halley Harding, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Wesley and Elizabeth Profit out on the town, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Well-wishers at a garden party, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Well-dressed group dining out, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: Seated on left side of table, L to R: Mabel Miles (1st), Edythe Houston (2nd). Seated of right side of table, L to R: Norman O. Houston (1st), Mitchel Miles (2nd). Standing at the far end of the talbe: Floyd Snelson. Standing in the back: Eddie Atkinson (4th from L).
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Wedding reception for Bernyce and Leon Smith in Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Wedding reception for Bernyce and Leon Smith in Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Wedding reception for Bernyce and Leon Smith in Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: Eddie Brandon is seated on the ground in the front row, on the right. Also on the ground in the front row are bride and groom Bernyce and Leon Smith. No one else in the photograph has been identified.
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

War Perkins, L'Tanya, and Herb Jeffries in a group, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

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Yvonne Shelton and Katherine Alexander, Los Angeles, 1940s.

Yvonne Shelton and Katherine Alexander, Los Angeles, 1940s

Wynonie Harris, Lorenzo Flennoy, and Dan Grissom at Al Austin's Casa Blanca nightclub, Los Angeles, 1940s

Women posing by swimming pool at Mitchell Miles' house, Los Angeles, 1940s.

Women at garden party at Noble Sissle's house, Los Angeles, 1940s

Women at garden party at Noble Sissle's house, Los Angeles, 1940s

Woman named Fitzgerald, Los Angeles, 1940s

Woman modeling swimsuit, Los Angeles, 1940s

Woman in a fur coat, Los Angeles, 1940s

Winning contestant in drag contest hosted by Bill Hefflin at the Club Alabam, Los Angeles, 1940s

William Pickens and Noble Sissle, New York, 1940s

William Goodloe, Juanita Goodloe and others at a garden party, Los Angeles, 1940s

William G. (Bill) Nunn and Halley Harding, Los Angeles, 1940s

Wesley and Elizabeth Profit out on the town, Los Angeles, 1940s

Well-wishers at a garden party, Los Angeles, 1940s

Well-dressed group dining out, Los Angeles, 1940s

Wedding reception for Bernyce and Leon Smith in Los Angeles, 1940s

Wedding reception for Bernyce and Leon Smith in Los Angeles, 1940s

Wedding reception for Bernyce and Leon Smith in Los Angeles, 1940s

War Perkins, L'Tanya, and Herb Jeffries in a group, Los Angeles, 1940s

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