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Description
All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon. Seated, left to right: Actress and dancer Mae Johnson, Nelson Creswell, Maudine Simmons, unidentified woman, Avanelle Harris, Alyce Key, Charlotte Strickland (light-colored flowers in hair), and Catherine Basie. Standing, left to right: Halley Harding, Rex Ingram and Count Basie. The Plantation Club was located at 108th St. and S. Central Avenue.
Lifestyle People African American jazz musicians--California--Los Angeles Nightclubs--California--Los Angeles Key, Alyce, 1911-2010 Basie, Catherine Morgan, 1914-1983 Creswell, Nelson Harding, Halley, 1904-1967 Creswell, Maudine Simmons, b. 1912 or 13 Johnson, Mae, 1916-1999 Basie, Count, 1904-1984 Harris, Avanelle, b. 1917 Ingram, Rex, 1895-1969 Plantation Club (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Source
Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection
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