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Title
James Slaughter, John Martin Scott and Margaret D. Scott on the steps of Scott Hall, Los Angeles, circa 1905
Alternative Title
John and Margaret Scott, business and residential properties
Date Created and/or Issued
[circa 1905]
1905
Contributing Institution
UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
Rights Information
spec-coll@library.ucla.edu
Description
James Slaughter, John Martin Scott and Margaret D. Scott on the steps of Scott Hall, a meeting hall located at 6th and Central Avenue.
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.
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, she co-founding of the Sojourner Truth Industrial Club in 1904, and was a guiding force in the NAACP fundraising drives of the 1920s.
Type
image
Identifier
uclalsc_1889_b13_f09_001a.tif
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Subject
African American civic leaders
African American physicians
Slaughter, James, 1876-1964
Scott, Margaret D., 1862-1969
Scott, John Martin, 1864-1943
Source
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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