Image / Gordon Hahn presenting a scroll to Pearl Hinds Roberts honoring her husband, …

Gordon Hahn presenting a scroll to Pearl Hinds Roberts honoring her husband, Frederick Roberts, Los Angeles, circa 1957

View source image on contributor's website.

Get Citation

Have a question about this item?

Contact Owner

Item information. View source record on contributor's website.

Title: Gordon Hahn presenting a scroll to Pearl Hinds Roberts honoring her husband, Frederick Roberts, Los Angeles, circa 1957
Alternative Title: Pearl Hinds (later married Frederick Roberts)
Contributor: Sheffield, Maceo B. (Maceo Bruce), 1897-1959
Date Created and/or Issued: [circa 1957]
1957
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
Rights Information: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu
Description: Councilman Gordon Hahn and Pearl Hinds Roberts hold a scroll honoring Frederick Madison Roberts.
Frederick Madison Roberts was a newspaper owner and editor, educator, and business owner. He was also the first African American elected to the California State Assembly. Roberts was a great-grandson of Sally Hemings and President Thomas Jefferson.
Maceo Sheffield, the photographer, was also a Los Angeles based actor who appeared in the majority of race films made in California.
Photographer stamp on back of photo: Please Credit / Maceo B. Sheffield / 4018 So. Central Avenue / AD 3-6206
Type: image
Identifier: uclalsc_1889_b13_f01_005a.tif
ark:/21198/z1tj04rc
Subject: City council members
Roberts, Pearl W. Hinds, 1892-1984
Hahn, Gordon R., 1919-2001
Los Angeles County (Calif.). Board of Supervisors
Source: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

About the collections in Calisphere

Learn more about the collections in Calisphere. View our statement on digital primary resources.

Copyright, permissions, and use

If you're wondering about permissions and what you can do with this item, a good starting point is the "rights information" on this page. See our terms of use for more tips.

Share your story

Has Calisphere helped you advance your research, complete a project, or find something meaningful? We'd love to hear about it; please send us a message.