/ Roscoe Washington, Lionel Hampton, Captain Reid, Curtis Mosby, Los Angeles, 1940s

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

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