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Title
Commercial building owned by John Martin Scott and Margaret D. Scott, Los Angeles (undated)
Alternative Title
John and Margaret Scott, business and residential properties
Contributing Institution
UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
Rights Information
spec-coll@library.ucla.edu
Description
View of a commercial building on a street corner owned by John Martin Scott and Margaret D. Scott. The ground floor contains "Bob's Meat Market."
Margaret "Maggie" Scott founded Scott's Hall (a social hall for meetings and dancing) with her husband John. She was a pioneer member of First AME Church, and took active roles in the development of the church, co-founding of the Sojourner Truth Industrial Club in 1904, and was a guiding force in the NAACP fundraising drives of the 1920s.
John Scott founded Scott's Hall (a rental gathering place?) with his wife Margaret. He was a pioneer member of First AME Church, and took active roles in the development of the church.
Type
image
Identifier
uclalsc_1889_b13_f09_003.tif
ark:/21198/z12z2pkt
Subject
Commercial buildings
Scott, Margaret D., 1862-1969
Scott, John Martin, 1864-1943
Source
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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