/ Jimmy Lunceford with group of women, Los Angeles 1940s

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Title: Jimmy Lunceford with group of women, 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
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Description: Jimmy Lunceford is standing in the center. The woman on the far right was identified as boxer Joe Louis' sister. Two sisters of Jow Lewis are identified as Eulala Barrow and Bunis Barrow (a mistake; she was named Vunies; later Vunis High) in the 1930 Census.
The woman on the left is identified as "(Barrow) Joe's Lewis sister". Two sisters of Jow Lewis are identified as Eulala Barrow and Bunis Barrow (a mistake; she was named Vunies; later Vunis High) in the 1930 Census.
All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.
Type
Identifier: Collection 1867 Box 2 Folder 7
YRLSC_gordonphotos_0397
ark:/21198/zz0025pg7h
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: African American musicians
Lunceford, Jimmie
Source: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

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