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Title: Mamie Cunningham, Los Angeles High school Graduation, 1905
Alternative Title: African American graduates
Date Created and/or Issued: Summer 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: Mamie Virginia Cunningham White was the first African American clerk in the Los Angeles Post Office, and became an early real estate broker in Los Angeles and headed the city's first negro employment agency.
Mamie Cunningham wearing a formal dress holding a diploma, standing in front of large columns.
Mamie Cunningham - L.A. High graduate Summer 1905
Type: image
Identifier: uclalsc_1889_b21_f01_003a.tif
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Subject: African American high school students
African American businesspeople
High school graduates
White, Mamie Virginia Cunningham, 1884-1941
Source: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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