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Description:: Poster held by Louise M. Darling Biomedical Library. History & Special Collections, Collection no. 306, item PO015.
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Brarens, Tiago
Collection:: AIDS Posters Collection

Description:: Dr. Vada Somerville (born Vada Jetmore Watson) of Pomona graduated from USC, married dentist John Alexander Somerville (1912), was the first African American woman and the second African American person to graduate from USC School of Dentistry (1918), and was the first African American woman certified to practice dentistry in the state of California. She was a civil rights activist, highly involved in several civic and community organizations.
Date:: June 20, 1928
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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Description:: The Monrovia Hotel, also known as Monrovia Residence, the Mills Hotel, and the Wisteria, was built in 1886 on Myrtle Ave. between Lemon Ave. and Orange Ave.
Date:: [circa 1886]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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Description:: Mezzanine of the Hotel Somerville, located at 4225 S. Central Ave.
Date:: [circa 1928]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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Description:: After his retirement from the military in 1906, Colonel Allen Allensworth founded the town of Allensworth in 1908, with the idea that African Americans could own property, learn, thrive, and live the American Dream. It was named by Lt. Colonel Allen Allensworth. It had a school system by 1910. With the death of Colonel Allensworth in 1914, the town experienced extreme losses, coupled with severe drought and decreased crop yields. Many residents left the area following World War I. The town was memorialized as a state park in 1974, and hosts events annually to preserve its history.
Date:: [1908-1918]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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Description:: Dr. Vada Somerville (born Vada Jetmore Watson) of Pomona graduated from USC, married dentist John Alexander Somerville (1912), was the first African American woman and the second African American person to graduate from USC School of Dentistry (1918), and was the first African American woman certified to practice dentistry in the state of California. She was a civil rights activist, highly involved in several civic and community organizations.
Date:: [circa 1928]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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Description:: Dr. Vada Somerville (born Vada Jetmore Watson) of Pomona graduated from USC, married dentist John Alexander Somerville (1912), was the first African American woman and the second African American person to graduate from USC School of Dentistry (1918), and was the first African American woman certified to practice dentistry in the state of California. She was a civil rights activist, highly involved in several civic and community organizations.
Date:: [1930s]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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Description:: Rendering for a 28 plus story hotel with a sign reading "Hotel el [...]". To the right is a victory statue on a triumphal column.
Date:: [undated]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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Description:: Allensworth was a town founded in 1908, with the idea that African Americans could own property, learn, thrive, and live the American Dream. It was named by Lt. Colonel Allen Allensworth. It had a school system by 1910. With the death of Colonel Allensworth in 1914, the town experienced extreme losses, coupled with severe drought and decreased crop yields. Many residents left the area following World War I. The town was memorialized as a state park in 1974, and hosts events annually to preserve its history.
Date:: [1908-1918]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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Description:: Exterior view of the historic Pico House hotel, on an unpaved street with the fountain of the Los Angeles Plaza visible on the left.
Date:: [circa 1871]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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