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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

Bessie Gant and her husband, Forrest Gant, the Hills, and 6 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

Alyce Key and Count Basie on stage, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:

L to R: Alice Key, Count Basie.

Date:

1940s

Resource Type:

still image

Photographer:

Merriman, Ted

Collection:

Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Composer Leon René and jazz musician Count Basie, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:

Left to right: Leon René and William "Count" Basie.

Date:

[1940s?]

Resource Type:

still image

Photographer:

Merriman, Ted

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

Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority gathering, 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

Ethel (Sissle) Gordon driving a Red Cross wagon, 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

Benita Seltzer, sister of Ethel (Gordon) Sissle, 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

Businessman C. W. Hill 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

Photographer:

Cutler, George M. (George Miles), 1901-1949

Collection:

Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Club Alabam chorus line, 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

Ethel (Sissle) Gordon with soldiers and civilian women, 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

Ethel Sissle, Marva Louis, and Catherine Garcia at Noble Sissle's house, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:

In 1946, Noble Sissle lived at 2126 S. Harvard Blvd., Los Angeles.

Date:

[1940s?]

Resource Type:

still image

Collection:

Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Hazel Moreland dancing with Billy Rowe at a formal, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:

The gentleman smiling in the background was identified by Mr. Gordon as Dr. Howard Allen. The woman he is dancong with may be his wife, Hilda Birtha Allen.

Date:

[1940s?]

Resource Type:

still image

Collection:

Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Nelson Cresswell and Maudine Simmons Creswell, 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

Jimmy Mundy and an unidentified 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

Collection:

Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

L'Tanya models a white satin dress, 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

Mildred Boyd, 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

Earl "Red" Griffin, man about 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

Leon Hardwick with Lil Cumber and Melba Foppe, 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

Ethel (Sissle) Gordon with son Noble Sissle, 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

Collection:

Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Sydney P. Dones and two unidentified women playing ping pong, 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

Nat King Cole, Noble Sissle, 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

Photographer:

Hansen, A.

Collection:

Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Sydnetta Smith, Eslanda Robeson, and Tycene Randolph, 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

Formal affair with dancing, 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

Lionel and Gladys Hampton, Alyce Key, and Bessie Gant, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:

L to R: Lionel Hampton, Alyce Key, Bessie Gant, Gladys Hampton.

Date:

[1940s?]

Resource Type:

still image

Collection:

Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Anne Harris Wheeler and three friends, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:

Anne Harris Wheeler is 2nd from the right. The other three women in the photograph are unidentified.

Date:

[1940s?]

Resource Type:

still image

Collection:

Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Harpist Olivette Miller, 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

Boxer Joe Louis and comedian Wonderful Smith, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:

L to R: Joe Louis, Wonderful Smith.

Date:

[1940s?]

Resource Type:

still image

Collection:

Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Soprano Hortense Love at a recital, 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

Boxer Joe Louis at a reception with Los Angeles officials, 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

Nicky Taylor, wife of Sam Taylor, 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. Nate Fearonce, Angelique DeLavallade, and B. B. Bratton, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:

L to R: unidentified woman, Dr. Nate Fearonce, Angelique DeLavallade and her husband, CPA B. B. Bratton.

Date:

[1940s?]

Resource Type:

still image

Collection:

Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Club Alabam chorus line, 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

Five women in winter clothing, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:

Five women in winter clothing (some with fur stoles). The woman on the far right is Ellen Cussman. Second from left is Helen Wright.

Date:

[1940s?]

Resource Type:

still image

Collection:

Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Ethel (Sissle) Gordon with African American soldiers, New York City, 1940s

Description:

All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.

Date:

[1940s?]

Resource Type:

still image

Photographer:

Hansen, A.

Collection:

Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Group photograph at a nightclub, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:

Everette Porter, who became a judge, is in the back, center.

Date:

[1940s?]

Resource Type:

still image

Photographer:

Woods, Clyde, photographer

Collection:

Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Fraternity affair 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

Photographer:

Matthews Photographic & News Service

Collection:

Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

George and Camille Cannady, 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

Comedian Wonderful Smith and Joe Greene at a 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

Ruby Terry, 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

Two unidentified women standing in front of a rack of clothes, 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

Ten African American Angelenos and a child, 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

Party at photographer George Cutler's house, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:

Seated on floor (L to R): Lillian Fentress, Chester Washington, Bessie Gant, an unidentified woman, Cullen Fentress. Seated on the couch (L to R): Maudelle Richardson, Gladys Hill, Herman Hill, an unidentified woman, a man identified by his last name "Stubblefield" and an unidentified man. Standing (L to R): an unidentified woman and man, Lois Evans, and George Cutler.

Date:

[1940s?]

Resource Type:

still image

Photographer:

Cutler, George M. (George Miles), 1901-1949

Collection:

Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Count Basie, Sweets Edison, Prince Spencer and the Nicholas Brothers, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:

L to R: Count Basie, Sweets Edison, Fayard Nicholas (behind piano), Prince Spencer and Harold Nicholas (seated).

Date:

[1940s?]

Resource Type:

still image

Collection:

Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Edmund and Mrs. Hurd at Estelle Sherwood's beauty parlor, 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

Group including Floyd Snelson and Henry Armstrong, 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

Betty Clark, 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

H. Claude Hudson and an unidentified man, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:

Dr. Hudson is seated at the left, watching an unidentified man giving a speech.

Date:

[1940s?]

Resource Type:

still image

Photographer:

Matthews Photographic & News Service

Collection:

Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

African American attorneys 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

Phi Beta Sigma event, 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

David Williams in a law office, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:

Attorney David W. Williams in a law library.

Date:

[1940s?]

Resource Type:

still image

Photographer:

Sheffield Studio

Collection:

Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Frances and Earl Robinson at a U.S.O. camp show in 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

Attorney Ivan Johnson addressing an audience, 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

Betty Clark and Ruby Joyce, Los Angeles

Description:

L to R: Betty Clark, Ruby Joyce

Date:

[1940s?]

Resource Type:

still image

Collection:

Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Hugh MacBeth and Sheriff Eugene Biscailuz, 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

Hazel Washington receiving a certificate from a man in uniform, 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

L'Tanya and another woman modeling swimsuits, 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

Brother Williams and Patsy Hunter, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:

Henry "Brother" Williams is standing dressed in a silk robe. Patsy Hunter is seated in the foreground. To the right is a man who may be the son of T. A. (Thomas Augustus) Greene, who was involved in the YMCA in Los Angeles.

Date:

[1940s?]

Resource Type:

still image

Collection:

Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Lionel and Gladys Hampton, Alyce Key, and Bessie Gant, 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

Lillian Randolph and Jack Chase at a dinner 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

Leonard McClain and his sisters at a dinner 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

Group of seven partygoers, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:

A group at a party in Los Angeles. From left to right: Judith Hawkins, Joe Birch, LaTanya Griffin, Claude Holman, Suzette Harbin, Mrs. Arthur George and Arthur George.

Date:

[between 1940 and 1949?]

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

Angelique DeLavallade, Calvin Jackson, and 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

Norma Green, C. W. Hill, and Anne Brown, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:

All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.

Date:

[1940-1959s]

Resource Type:

still image

Collection:

Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

David Williams in a law office, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:

Attorney David W. Williams in a law library.

Date:

[1940s?]

Resource Type:

still image

Photographer:

Sheffield Studio

Collection:

Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Louie Cole with unidentified women, 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

Central Avenue "urchin," 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 men and women at a nightclub, 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:

Taylor, Sam, 1892-1976

Collection:

Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Publicity photo for The Bye Sisters, 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

Cassie and Paul Harris with their daughter Paula, 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

Mr. and Mrs. "Stuff" Crouch, 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

Bathing beauty contest at the Elks Lodge, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:

African American women lined up wearing swimsuits and sashes in front of an audience at the Elks Lodge in Los Angeles. One sash says "Digby Hotel."

Date:

[1940s?]

Resource Type:

still image

Collection:

Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Liz (Elizabeth) McCullough of Chicago 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

Unidentified women at fashion show, 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

Ethel (Sissle) Gordon with soldiers, 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

Group on an outing at Wrigley Field, 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

Charlotta Bass, editor and owner of the California Eagle, 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

Children's party, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:

Ethel (Sissle) Gordon is in the center rear, behind Mildred Reed (center), holding a baby. The little boy standing to the right of Ethel Sissle is son Noble Sissle, Jr. The little girl standing in front of woman in the rear (3rd from the right) is Cynthia Sissle. 4th and 5th from the left are Eddie and Vivian Jackson. The woman standing to the right of Ethel (Sissle) Gordon is possibly Mrs. Darby(?), first name unknown.

Date:

[1940s?]

Resource Type:

still image

Collection:

Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Hazel Moreland (Mrs. Mantan Moreland), 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

Marva Louis in a crowd of African American sailors, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:

Marva Louis (center) among a group of African American sailors.

Date:

[1940s]

Resource Type:

still image

Collection:

Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Showgirls with a musician, 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 Central Avenue "country girl", Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:

Walter L. Gordon, Jr. remembers her as a "country girl" who was frequently seen in the nightclubs on Central Avenue.

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

Otila de los Santos of San Antonio, Texas, 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

Two unidentified women 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

Lawyers Aaron Payne (Chicago) and Walter L. Gordon, Jr. in Gordon'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

Elks Lodge (Golden West Lodge No. 86, BPOE) event, 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

Jimmy Lunceford with group of women, Los Angeles 1940s

Description:

Jimmy Lunceford is standing in the center. The woman on the far right was identified as boxer Joe Louis' sister. Two sisters of Jow Lewis are identified as Eulala Barrow and Bunis Barrow (a mistake; she was named Vunies; later Vunis High) in the 1930 Census.

Date:

[1940s?]

Resource Type:

still image

Photographer:

Merriman, Ted

Collection:

Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Leon Hardwick, "Hat," Curtis C. Taylor, Joe Harris, Herman Spurlock, Gertrude Gipson-Penland, Catherine Garcia, 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

George Cannady, 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

Myrtle Picou Sengstacke of the Chicago Defender, 1940s

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

Lil Cumber (?), 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

Event with Sid Hazeur, Goodwin Knight, Lawrence LaMar, and Herman Hill, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:

Sid Hazeur (1st from L), Jesse Graves (2nd from L), Goodwin Knight (4th from R), Lawrence LaMar (3rd from R), and Herman Hill (2nd from R).

Date:

[1940s?]

Resource Type:

still image

Collection:

Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Abie Robinson and three 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

Jazz pianist Calvin Jackson plays for a group, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:

Taken at Walter L. Gordon, Jr.'s house at 4104 S. Central Ave in Los Angeles.

Date:

[1940s?]

Resource Type:

still image

Collection:

Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Dr. H. H. Towles, Leon Washington, 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

Helen Walker's School of Expression, 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 singer Madeline Green (headshot), taken in Chicago, 1940s

Description:

All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.

Date:

[1940s?]

Resource Type:

still image

Photographer:

Seymour, Maurice, 1904-

Collection:

Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Dorothy Dandridge with Count Basie, 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