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Title
Backyard party in 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.
Dorothy Vena Johnson is fourth from the left, with her back to the photographer. Loren Miller is visible in the center of a group on the left side of the photograph. Mary Lou (Roberson) Tolbert is at the far left of the group on the right side of the photograph. Sarah Griffin is in the same group, near the back wall of the house. Helen (Duncan) Garrott is fourth from the right, in a group of women closer to the photograph. Ursula (Pruitt) Murrell is at the far right of the photograph. The others in the photograph are unidentified.
Type

Identifier
634
YRLSC_gordonphotos_0634
ark:/21198/zz0025pqwq
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Entertainment
Lifestyle
Parties--California--Los Angeles
African American lawyers--California--Los Angeles
African American women teachers--California--Los Angeles
African American poets
Miller, Loren
Griffin, Sarah, b. 1900 or 01
Garrott, Helen, 1896-1966
Tolbert, Mary Lou
Vena Johnson, Dorothy
Pruitt Murrell, Ursula
Source
Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

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