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Title: Walter L. Gordon, Jr. and Billie Holiday, Los Angeles, 1949
Contributor: McLain's Photo Service
Date Created and/or Issued: 1949
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: All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.
Stamp on back of photo: "McLain's Photo Service, 24 Hour Service, 1168 East 47th Place, AD 1-9732 Los Angeles 11, Calif."
In 1949, Billie Holiday and her manager Joe Levy were charged with assaulting a man who had harassed Holiday during a concert. Attorney Walter L. Gordon, Jr. was able to have the charges against Holiday dismissed.
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Identifier: Collection 1867 Box 3 Folder 5
YRLSC_gordonphotos_0545
ark:/21198/zz0025pn09
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: People
African American women singers
African American lawyers--California--Los Angeles
Singers--United States
Gordon, Walter L., Jr., 1908-2012
Holiday, Billie, 1915-1959
Source: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

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