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Dr. Alva Curtis Garrott family and others at the "tent house," Glendale, circa 1907

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Title: Dr. Alva Curtis Garrott family and others at the "tent house," Glendale, circa 1907
Alternative Title: Garrott family recreation
Date Created and/or Issued: [circa 1907]
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: Lillie Garrott (former Lillie Dejarnette / De Jarnette), wife of Dr. Alva Curtis Garrott (probably, left), with her children Miriam Garrott (holding baseball bat), Alva Garrott (seated, left), and Robert Garrott (seated, right) in front of the temporary "tent house" with six other children. Three of the girls hold tennis racquets.
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.
Type: image
Identifier: uclalsc_1889_b09_f03_002a.tif
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Subject: African American families
Garrott, Robert W., 1899-1976
Garrott, Alva, 1894-1983
Garrott, Lilli, D., 1871-1916
Garrott, Miriam, b. 1897
Source: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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