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Title
Jesse Owens and Al Ramsey, Los Angeles, 1940s
Date Created and/or Issued
[1940s?]
1940/1949
Contributing Institution
UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection
Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection
Rights Information
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Description
All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.
L to R: Al Ramsey, Jesse Owens, unidentified man. They appear to be in a club; immediately behind them is a woman at a cash register and on the wall behind them is an Art Deco style mural with jazz musicians and nude women dancers.
Type

Identifier
120
YRLSC_gordonphotos_0120
Collection 1867 Box 1 Folder 4
ark:/21198/zz0025p512
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
People
African American track and field athletes
African American businesspeople
Owens, Jesse, 1913-1980
Ramsey, Al, 1898-1954
Source
Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

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