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Title: Gathering of African American entertainers, 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: Please contact the contributing institution for more information regarding the copyright status of this object.
Description: All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.
Standing, left to right: Louis Armstrong, "Stuff" Crouch, Prince Spencer, Harold Nicholas, Count Basie, and Harry "Sweets" Edison. The man on the far right is unidentified.
Seated, left to right: Alyce (sometimes spelled Alice) Key, Dorothy Dandridge, and Catherine Morgan Basie. The two woman on the right are unidentified.
Type
Identifier: YRLSC_gordonphotos_0235
235
Collection 1867 Box 2 Folder 2
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Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Entertainment
African American actresses--California--Los Angeles
African American dancers--California--Los Angeles
African American musicians
African American businesspeople--California--Los Angeles
Dandridge, Dorothy, 1922-1965
Crouch, Stuff, 1900-1966
Spencer, Prince
Edison, Harry, 1915-1999
Nicholas, Harold
Basie, Catherine Morgan, 1914-1983
Armstrong, Louis, 1901-1971
Basie, Count, 1904-1984
Key, Alyce, 1911-2010
Source: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

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