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Group with Dr. William Goodloe at Villa Arlington 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

Gathering attended by Earl "Red" Griffin, Freddy Clark, and others, 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

Louis (Louie) Jordan and Herman Hill making a toast, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: L to R: unidentified man, Louis Jordan, and Herman Hill.
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

African American family from Central Avenue, Los Angeles, 1940

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

Police officers Kenneth (Kenny) Harris and Red Davis, 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

Daisy Covan and four others, Los Angeles, 1930s

Description:: Daisy Covan is standing at the far left. The others in the photograph are unidentified.
Date:: [early 1930s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Walter L. Gordon, Jr., with Leonard Reed and Jimmy and Dorothy Mundy, 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

Newspaper clipping of obituary of Leon Albany (Barney) Bigard, Los Angeles, 1980

Description:: Newspaper article by Leonard Feather--most likely an obituary of Barney Bigard-- and entitled "Only 2 Bands in More than 2 Decades."
Date:: 1980
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Party at Curtis C. Taylor'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

Obituary for American jazz pianist, composer, and bandleader Calvin Jackson, December 1985

Description:: All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.
Date:: December 7, 1985
Resource Type:: text
still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Bojangles (Bill Robinson) at the Cotton Club, New York, 1930s

Description:: Bill "Bojangles" Robinson onstage with Cotton Club showgirls. Ethel Sissle (later Gordon) is at the far left.
Date:: [1930s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Freddie Gordon, Margaret Hairston, and Roy Glenn, Los Angeles, 1950s

Description:: All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.
Date:: [1950s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Gathering of an unidentified African American organization, New York, 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

Walter L. Gordon, Jr., 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:: Elson-Alexandre (Firm)
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Ethel Sissle, after the birth of her child with Noble Sissle, New York, 1940s?

Description:: Photograph is torn. On the back, the name of the photographer (Haberman) with an address on W. 40th St. is partially visible.
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Photograph taken in connection with a legal action, Los Angeles, 1950s

Description:: Attorney Walter L. Gordon, Jr. believes this photograph was taken as documentation in connection with a legal action for unlawful detainment.
Date:: [1950s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Sheffield Studio
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Jack Chase and Lillian Randolph (Chase), 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

Vivian Jackson posing with two other women, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: Vivian Jackson (of the Jackson twins) is wearing a plaid outfit.
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Merriman, Ted
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Photograph taken in connection with a legal action, Los Angeles, 1950s

Description:: Attorney Walter L. Gordon, Jr. believes this photograph was taken as documentation in connection with a legal action for unlawful detainment.
Date:: [1950s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Sheffield Studio
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Group of well-dressed, well-known women, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: L to R, first row: Lil Hammond, Regina Moore, Louise Beavers, Dorothy Mundy (with mole on face), unidentified woman (in black dress). Leontyne King (wearing printed dress, behind Dorothy Mundy). L to R, second row: an unidentified woman, Hazel Washington, Cassie Harris (wearing light-colored hat), Mildred Reed (with dark hair piece), and Bea (Beatrice) DeVaughan. L to R, back row: Gwendolyn Russell and an unidentified woman.
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Merriman, Ted
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

H. Leonard Richardson and his wife Maudelle in a group, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: Maudelle and H. Leonard Richardson are seated in the center, 3rd and 4th from the left. The others in the photograph are unidentified.
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Sadie Louise and Dewey D. Davidson at a dance, 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

African American business and legal figures, 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

L'Tanya, fashion designer, 1940s

Description:: LaTanya (L'Tanya) Griffin inscribed this photo to Walter L. Gordon, Jr.: "To the 'Great One': It is my pleasure knowing you. -- L'Tanya Griffin. At the bottom of the photo, Walter L. Gordon, Jr. has inscribed the photo as "Red Griffin's Pygmalion" (Red Griffin was LaTanya's husband).
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Reed, John E.
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Betty Clark and Ruby Joyce, 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

Attorney Leo Branton, Jr. and an unidentified man, Los Angeles, 1950s

Description:: All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.
Date:: [1950s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Douglas Photo (Firm)
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Walter L. Gordon, Jr. and Ernest Weaver, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: Stamp on the back of photo: "Credit this photo to Sam Taylor Los Angeles"
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Taylor, Sam, 1892-1976
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Cassie Harris and Ethel (Sissle) Gordon, 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

Postcard of Southern University, New Orleans, dated 1907

Description:: All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.
Date:: [February 15, 1907]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Tom Bledsoe from New York, 1960s

Description:: Photograph appears to have some water damage.
Date:: [1960s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

John Coleman, 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

Walter L. Gordon, Jr., out with 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
Photographer:: Matthews Photographic & News Service
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Walter L. Gordon, Jr., as master of ceremonies, 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

Unidentified African American woman, 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:: Douglas Photo (Firm)
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Walter L. Gordon, Jr., Lionel Hampton, and Charles Drew at the Plantation Club, Los Angeles, late 1940s

Description:: Taken at Fatty Arbuckle's Plantation Club, in the 11700 block of Washington Blvd. in Culver City.
Date:: [late 1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Walter L. Gordon, Jr. and Billie Holiday, Los Angeles, 1949

Description:: All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.
Date:: 1949
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: McLain's Photo Service
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Unidentified African American woman, 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:: Douglas Photo (Firm)
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Rev. Hamilton (Ham) Boswell performing a baptism, 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

National daily sports, April 9, 1951

Description:: All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.
Date:: April 9, 1951
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

National daily sports, April 11, 1951

Description:: All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.
Date:: April 11, 1951
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Comedian Freddy Clark, Marguerite Chapman and others, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: Left to right: unidentified man, Marguerite (Margarite?) Chapman, Freddy Clark, husband of Marguerite Chapman, unidentified woman.
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Gathering at the bar in Walter L. Gordon, Jr.'s office, 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

Heavyweight champion Joe Louis on the golf course, 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

Dr. John M. Robinson and Mr. and Mrs. Curtis C. Taylor, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: At the far left, holding a fur coat, is Dr. John M. Robinson. 2nd and 3rd from the left are Mr. and Mrs. Curtis C. Taylor. The other two people in the photograph are unidentified, although it is possible that the man at the far right is Harold Young.
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Merriman, Ted
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Vertner Gordon, Los Angeles, 1920s

Description:: All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.
Date:: [1920s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Cynthia and Noble Sissle Jr., children of Ethel (Sissle) Gordon, 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

Jay Moss with Betty and Ralph Vaughn, 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

Attorney Reginald L. Vaughan, San Francisco, 1940s

Description:: Liikely Reginald Leighton Vaughan.
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Drag contest hosted by Bill Hefflin at the Club Alabam, 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:: Woods, Clyde, photographer
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

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