/ Night out at Central Avenue's Jockey Club, Los Angeles, 1940s

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Title: Night out at Central Avenue's Jockey Club, Los Angeles, 1940s
Contributor: Merriman, Ted
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: Please contact the contributing institution for more information regarding the copyright status of this object.
Description: Gibbs Jockey Club Cafe was located at 4305 S. Central Avenue in Los Angeles.
L to R: Dorothy Dandridge, unidentified woman, Earl "Red" Griffin, Maggie Hathaway, unidentified woman, Gibbs (first name unknown, Ralph Gibbs, the owner of Gibbs' Jockey Club); unidentified man.
All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.
Type
Identifier: 341
Collection 1867 Box 2 Folder 6
YRLSC_gordonphotos_0341
ark:/21198/zz0025pdd4
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Entertainment
Lifestyle
Culture
African American businesspeople--California--Los Angeles
African American motion picture actors and actresses--California--Los Angeles
African American women golfers--California--Los Angeles
Dandridge, Dorothy, 1922-1965
Gibbs Jockey Club (Nightclub)
Hathaway, Maggie, 1911-2001
Griffin, Earl
Gibbs, Ralph
Source: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

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