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Title
Bowdoin family, Los Angeles, circa 1940
Alternative Title
Lorenzo Bowdoin, NAACP leader
Contributor
Cloud's Studio, L. A.
Date Created and/or Issued
[circa 1940]
1940
Contributing Institution
UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
Rights Information
spec-coll@library.ucla.edu
Description
Lorenzo Bowdoin was a Los Angeles businessman, civic leader, philanthropist and NAACP leader. One of the first three black clerks hired by the Los Angeles Post Office in 1906, he worked there for 38 years and improved hiring and promotion policies for blacks. He was one of the organizers of Angelus Mortuary (1925) and was the treasurer for many years. He was also a member of the board of directors of the Haitian Coffee Co. He was active in many civic organizations including the Metropolitan YMCA.
Portrait of the Bowdoin family. Seated, left to right: Frankie Bowdoin, Frances Bowdoin, and Lorenzo Bowdoin. Standing: Lorenzo Bowdoin (Jr.).
Type
image
Identifier
uclalsc_1889_b07_f01_008.tif
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Subject
African American businesspeople
Bowdoin, Frances Lillian, 1916-1996
Bowdoin, Lorenzo, 1913-2006
Bowdoin, Lorenzo, 1886-1972
Bowdoin, Frankie, 1886-1952
Source
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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