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Title: African American media figures, 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.
Left to right: Joe "Smoke Rings" Harris, Walter Winchell, Joe Adams, and Leon Washington, Jr. Photograph most likely taken at one of the Central Avenue nightclubs, such as the Club Alabam.
Type
Identifier: Collection 1867 Box 2 Folder 3
YRLSC_gordonphotos_0268
ark:/21198/zz0025pb0z
Language: English
Subject: Lifestyle
Media
African American newspaper editors--California--Los Angeles
African American motion picture actors and actresses--California--Los Angeles
African American journalists--California--Los Angeles
African American radio broadcasters--California--Los Angeles
Nightclubs--California--Los Angeles
Harris, Joe, 1910-1985
Winchell, Walter, 1897-1972
Adams, Joe, 1922-
Washington, Leon H., Jr. (Leon Harold), 1907-1974
Source: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

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