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Title: Mae Johnson, Nelson Creswell, Rex Ingram, Avanelle Harris, Alyce Key, Count Basie and Charlotte Strickland at the Plantation Club, Los Angeles, 1950s
Date Created and/or Issued: 1950s
1950/1959
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.
The Plantation Club was located at 108th St. and S. Central Avenue.
Seated, left to right: Actress and dancer Mae Johnson, Nelson Creswell, Maudine Simmons, unidentified woman, Avanelle Harris, Alyce Key, Charlotte Strickland (light-colored flowers in hair), and Catherine Basie. Standing, left to right: Rex Ingram and Count Basie.
Type
Identifier: Collection 1867 Box 2 Folder 2
YRLSC_gordonphotos_0237
ark:/21198/zz0025p8zg
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: People
African American musicians
African American actors--California--Los Angeles
Nightclubs--California--Los Angeles
Key, Alyce, 1911-2010
Basie, Catherine Morgan, 1914-1983
Strickland, Charlotte West
Creswell, Nelson
Ingram, Rex, 1895-1969
Johnson, Mae, 1916-1999
Basie, Count, 1904-1984
Harris, Avanelle, b. 1917
Plantation Club (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Creswell, Maudine Simmons, b. 1912 or 13
Source: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

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