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

Owning Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library

About this Collection

Collection of approximately 750 digitized photographs and other items collected by Walter L. Gordon, Jr. and given to William C. Beverly, Jr., who donated the collection to UCLA. Collection includes photos given to Walter by his former boss, Charlotta Bass, publisher of the California Eagle, as well as other photos he collected. Photos largely depict African American social life and family life in 1940s Los Angeles and feature celebrities, athletes, politicians, lawyers, and other notable people of the era. View this collection on the contributor's website.
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751 items found in this collection

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Abie Robinson and three others, Los Angeles, 1940s
Abie Robinson and two unidentified women, Los Angeles, 1940s
Abie Robinson, Los Angeles Sentinel reporter and editor, with two unidentified women, …
Accused murderer Katie Dunn with her lawyer Walter L. Gordon, Jr., and …
Actor Clarence Muse with his wife, Willabelle, and son, Dion, Los Angeles, …
Actor Jesse Graves and others, Los Angeles, 1940s
Actor Jesse Graves, Los Angeles, 1940s
Actor Monte Hawley at a garden party, Los Angeles, 1940s
Actors and activists in Los Angeles, 1940s
Actress Louise Beavers at the microphone at a backyard event, Los Angeles, …
Actress Mae Johnson on the opening night of Two in a Bed …
Affair at Club Alabam, Los Angeles, 1940s
African American actors, Los Angeles, 1940s
African American actors, Los Angeles, 1940s (2nd photo)
African American attorneys and others, Los Angeles, 1940s
African American business and legal figures, Los Angeles, 1940s
African American business and legal figures, Los Angeles, 1940s
African American business figures, Los Angeles, 1940s
African American civic leaders, Los Angeles, 1930s
African American family from Central Avenue, Los Angeles, 1940
African American media figures, Los Angeles, 1940s
African American professionals, Los Angeles, 1950s
African American singer Madeline Green (headshot), taken in Chicago, 1940s
African American sorority women in an auditorium, Los Angeles, 1940s
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