Image / Dr. Thomas Nelson christening his motorboat, 1907

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Title: Dr. Thomas Nelson christening his motorboat, 1907
Alternative Title: Recreation and Leisure, African American adults and families
Date Created and/or Issued: 1907
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
Rights Information: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu
Description: Thomas Nelson, a physician, was the first African American to graduate from medical school in California, at Cooper Medical College (later Stanford Medical School).
Dr. Thomas Nelson and a young girl, christening his boat, the "Noslen." The boat is at the beach, off shore, of in a lake, with small buildings and a boat launcher visible on the shore.
Caption: Christening the Noslen. Written on back of photo: Dr. Thomas Nelson Christening his boat "the Noslen" (Nelson spelled backwards) 1907.
Type: image
Identifier: uclalsc_1889_b20_f16_003a.tif
ark:/21198/z14t82jf
Subject: African American physicians
Motorboats
Nelson, Thomas J., 1878-1919
Source: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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