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Title
African American actors, Los Angeles, 1940s
Contributor
Merriman, Ted
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: Ben Carter, Herman Spurlock (seated), Louise Beavers (seated), Jack Chase, Lillian Randolph Chase, Norma Green, Hattie McDaniel, C. W. Hill, Eddie Green (in profile), George Garner, an unidentified woman, and Lil (Lillian) Cumber.
Type

Identifier
YRLSC_gordonphotos_0314
Collection 1867 Box 2 Folder 4
314
ark:/21198/zz0025pcgp
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Entertainment
Talent scouts--California--Los Angeles
Secretaries--California--Los Angeles
African American businesspeople--California--Los Angeles
African American motion picture actors and actresses--California--Los Angeles
African American actors--California--Los Angeles
Spurlock, Herman
McDaniel, Hattie, 1895-1952
Beavers, Louise, 1902-1962
Chase, Jack, 1917-1972
Green, Norma Ann Amato, 1923-2010
Green, Eddie, 1901-1950
Hill, C. W. (Charles Wesley), Dr., 1900-1977
Garner, George, 1892-1971
Carter, Ben, 1911-1947
Randolph, Lillian, 1898-1980
Cumber, Lil, 1920-2002
Source
Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

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