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Title
Gladys Dejarnette (De Jarnette) and Alva Curtis Garrott, Los Angeles, circa 1895
Alternative Title
Garrott family recreation
Date Created and/or Issued
[circa 1895]
1895
Contributing Institution
UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
Rights Information
spec-coll@library.ucla.edu
Description
Dr. Alva Curtis Garrott married Lillie Dejarnette in 1893. Dr. Garrott earned degrees in Pharmacy and Dentistry at Howard University in Washington, D. C. before bringing his family to Los Angeles in 1901, becoming this city's first Negro dentist.
Gladys Dejarnette (or De Jarnette), younger sister of Lillie Garrott (wife of Dr. Alva Curtis Garrott), and Alva Curtis Garrott, Jr. (Lillie Garrott's son), holding play toy barrows.
Type
image
Identifier
uclalsc_1889_b09_f03_003a.tif
ark:/21198/z1766zbg
Subject
African American children
African American families
Dejarnette, Gladys, b. 1893
Garrott, Alva, 1894-1983
Source
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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