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Title
Dr. John Alexander Somerville, 1940s-1950s
Alternative Title
Dr. John Somerville, dentist and civic leader
Date Created and/or Issued
[1940-1960]
1940/1960
Contributing Institution
UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
Rights Information
spec-coll@library.ucla.edu
Description
Studio portrait of Dr. John A. Somerville.
Dr. John Somerville, born in Jamaica, was the first black graduate of USC School of Dentistry (1907). He married Vada Jetmore Watson (1912), who also became a dentist. He built the Somerville Hotel (1928), was instrumental in the founding of the Los Angeles chapter of NAACP (1914), and served on the Police Commission 1949-1953.
Type
image
Identifier
uclalsc_1889_b14_f01_002.tif
ark:/21198/z1w39dc9
Subject
African American civil rights workers
African American businesspeople
African American dentists
Somerville, John Alexander, 1881-1973
Source
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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