Image / Jennie Bruington and her daughter, Esther Beck, Los Angeles, 1940s

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Title: Jennie Bruington and her daughter, Esther Beck, Los Angeles, 1940s
Alternative Title: Unidentified individuals and groups (1 of 2)
Date Created and/or Issued: [1940s]
1940/1950
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
Rights Information: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu
Description: Esther (Bruington) Beck with her mother Jennie Bruington, wearing light colored blouses and skirts, standing next to a banner/flag with a message on it reading: Lieut. James M. Beck [...].
Esther (Bruington) Beck was the daughter of Jennie S. (Beak) Bruington, and sister of Bessie Bruington Burke, the first African American teacher hired to teach in the Los Angeles school system.
Jennie Bruington (maiden name Beak) was the mother of Esther Beck, and Bessie Bruington Burke.
Type: image
Identifier: uclalsc_1889_b16_f10_021.tif
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Subject: African American families
Beck, Esther
Bruington, Jennie, 1863-1945
Source: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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