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Title
Haven Johnson playing piano for a group of women, Los Angeles, 1940s
Date Created and/or Issued
1940/1949
[1940s?]
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
Women, L to R: Ethel Sissle (later Gordon), an unidentified woman, Marva Louis and Catherine Garcia. Photograph most likely taken at Noble Sissle's house, while Ethel was married to him.
All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.
Type

Identifier
YRLSC_gordonphotos_0638
Collection 1867 Box 5 Folder 4
638
ark:/21198/zz0025pr18
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Entertainment
Lifestyle
People
African American jazz musicians
African American models
Secretaries--California--Los Angeles
Johnson, Haven
Spaulding, Marva Louis, 1915-2000
Sissle, Ethel
Garcia, Catherine
Source
Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

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