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Title
Marva Louis with friends, Los Angeles, 1950s
Date Created and/or Issued
[1950s?]
1950/1959
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.
Marva Louis is seated, 2nd from the right (in white hat). Photograph most likely taken after her divorce from heavyweight champion boxer Joe Louis. Standing behind her is Bill Graham. Sydney Dones is seated to the left of Marva Louis. Betty Clark is seated second from the left. Louis (?) Burton is seated to the far left, dressed in a white suit. The woman to the far right is unidentified.
Type

Identifier
515
YRLSC_gordonphotos_0515
Collection 1867 Box 3 Folder 4
ark:/21198/zz0025pkzt
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
People
African American models
African American businesspeople--California--Riverside County
Boxing managers--California--Los Angeles
Clark, Betty Whitfield Wilson, 1912 or 13-1998
Spaulding, Marva Louis, 1915-2000
Graham, Bill, promoter
Dones, Sydney P. (Sydney Preston), 1892-1947
Source
Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

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