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Title
Roscoe Washington, Lionel Hampton, Captain Reid, Curtis Mosby, Los Angeles, 1940s
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
Rights Information
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Description
All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.
From L to R: Police Lt. Roscoe (Rocky) C. Washington, Lionel Hampton, a well known jazz musician and vibraphonist, Captain Reid of the LAPD (seated), and Curtis Mosby, business manager at the Club Alabam and known for a time as the "Mayor of Central Avenue."
Type

Identifier
Collection 1867 Box 3 Folder 6
YRLSC_gordonphotos_0551
ark:/21198/zz0025pn6d
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
People
African American jazz musicians--California--Los Angeles
African American police--California--Los Angeles
African American businesspeople--California--Los Angeles
Mosby, Curtis, 1888-1957
Hampton, Lionel
Washington, Roscoe C. (Roscoe Conkling), 1902-1996
Source
Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

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