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Title
Bert McDonald and mother Mrs. Watson McDonald at University of Southern California Law graduation, June 1924
Contributor
Joseph, Andrée M
Date Created and/or Issued
1924-06
Publication Information
University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution
University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection
Library Exhibits Collection
Rights Information
Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
Send requests to address or e-mail given. Phone (213) 821-2366; fax (213) 740-2343.
USC Libraries Special Collections
University of Southern California, Law School
specol@usc.edu
Description
African-American Bert McDonald and his mother, Mrs. Watson McDonald, at University of Southern California Law School graduation, Los Angeles, June 1924. Bert, who was USC's first African-American Law School graduate, is wearing cap and gown. His mother is wearing a dark velvet dress with hat. The photograph was taken outside on the sidewalk near some steps.
Type
image
Format
photograph : b&w
26 x 20 cm.
photographs
Identifier
exbt-m7
exbt-BHE-007
http://doi.org/10.25549/exbt-m7
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/exbt-BHE-007.jpg
Subject
African Americans
African Americans--History--1877-1964
College graduates
Academic costume
McDonald, Bert
Watson McDonald, Mrs
University of Southern California. Law School
Educational facilities
Time Period
1924-06
Place
California
Los Angeles
USA
Source
BHE-007 [Identifying Number]
Relation
Black History Month Exhibit, Doheny Memorial Library, Spring 1999
Library Exhibits Collection
exbt-m30

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