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Title: Billie Holiday being questioned by her attorney, Walter L. Gordon, Jr., Los Angeles, 1950
Contributor: McLain's Photo Service
Date Created and/or Issued: 1950
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.
Los Angeles attorney Walter L. Gordon, Jr. represented Billie Holiday in a breach of contract case when she was sued for $75,000 by Edward Fishman (her one-time agent).
Type
Identifier: Collection 1867 Box 2 Folder 5
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YRLSC_gordonphotos_0331
ark:/21198/zz0025pd2z
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Legal
People
African American women singers
African American lawyers--California--Los Angeles
Singers--United States
Gordon, Walter L., Jr., 1908-2012
Holiday, Billie, 1915-1959
Source: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

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