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Title
Actors and activists in Los Angeles, 1940s
Contributor
Matthews Photographic & News Service
Date Created and/or Issued
1940/1949
[1940s?]
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.
Possibly related to war bonds or Double V campaign to beat Hitler abroad and win justice at home.
L to R: Joe Louis, Norman O. Houston, Doris Young Houston, Louise Beavers, Adolphe Menjou, Betty Hill, Joseph Scott, unidentified man (possibly actor Jesse Graves, with his back to the camera), Randolph Scott, unidentified man.
Type

Identifier
Collection 1867 Box 2 Folder 5
YRLSC_gordonphotos_0336
336
ark:/21198/zz0025pd7j
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Entertainment
Activism
African American insurance executives--California--Los Angeles
African American boxers
African American motion picture actors and actresses--California--Los Angeles
African American women political activists--California--Los Angeles
Motion picture actors and actresses--United States
Menjou, Adolphe, 1890-1963
Scott, Joseph, attorney
Louis, Joe, 1914-1981
Beavers, Louise, 1902-1962
Houston, Doris Talbot Young, 1897-1977
Hill, Betty, 1876-1960
Houston, Norman O., 1893-1981
Scott, Randolph, 1898-1987
Graves, Jesse, 1879-1949
Source
Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

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