Names: Bowdoin, Lorenzo, 1886-1972 - UCLA Library Digital Collections Search Results

Description:: Newspaper article: C. Marie Hughes, "Breakfasters Honor Lorenzo Bowdoin."
Date:: November 1962
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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Description:: Maurice Dawkins (standing, left), Lorenzo Bowdoin (seated, left) and two men watch as a woman and another man holds a piece of paper, perhaps an award.
Date:: [circa 1962]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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Description:: Lorenzo Bowdoin is cited by Women's Sunday Morning Breakfast Club for his contributions to the community for the past 50 years at its "This is Your Life" program. He is seated at a table with a trophy and flowers, with family members standing behind him.
Date:: November 11, 1962
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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Description:: Lorenzo Bowdoin holds a book and Theresa Lindsay holds his awards when he was honored by Women's Sunday Morning Breakfast Club for his contributions to the community for the past 50 years at its "This is Your Life" program Sunday. Lindsay was president of the club.
Date:: November 11, 1962
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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Description:: Lorenzo Bowdoin was a Los Angeles businessman, civic leader, philanthropist and NAACP leader. One of the first three black clerks hired by the Los Angeles Post Office in 1906, he worked there for 38 years and improved hiring and promotion policies for blacks. He was one of the organizers of Angelus Mortuary (1925) and was the treasurer for many years. He was also a member of the board of directors of the Haitian Coffee Co. He was active in many civic organizations including the Metropolitan YMCA.
Date:: [circa 1940]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Cloud's Studio, L. A.
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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Description:: Text from newspaper caption: Bowdoin overwhelmed -- Lorenzo Bowdoin was cited by Women's Sunday Morning Breakfast Club for his contributions to the community for the past 50 years at its "This is Your Life" program Sunday. From left: Mrs. Theresa Lindsay, club president; Bowdoin; Fay Jackson, who narrated the story of Bowdoin's life; and Frances Vaughn, his daughter. [newspaper not identified]
Date:: November 11, 1962
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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Description:: Postmaster Leslie N. Shaw holds his Distinguished Citizen Award. Beside him are former recipients, left to right: Judge Vaino Spencer (1962), Vassie D. Wright (1961) and Lorenzo Bowdoin (1960). They are at the award ceremony held at the Ambassador Hotel.
Date:: February 22, 1964
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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Description:: Studio portrait of Lorenzo Bowdoin (seated), his daughter, Frances Vaughn, and grandson, Reuben Bowdoin Vaughn.
Date:: [circa 1962]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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