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Title
Group of Society Women, 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.
Zephrine Brown is seated on the floor at the far left end of the photo, looking away and dressed in a white outfit. Simietta LaVigne is also seated on the floor, 6th from the left, in between the little girl and woman smiling at each other. Dorothy Payne is in the second row, 1st from the right and seated in a chair. Next to her is Dorothy Johnson (2nd from the right, seated in a chair and looking down). Sarah Griffin is also in the second row, 3rd from the right and seated in a chair. Leontyne King, smiling and facing forward, is standing directly behind Sarah Griffin. Dorothy Mundy is in the second row, 3rd from the left, leaning to her side and facing forward. Also in the second row (6th from the left) is a woman identified as Mrs. Darby(?), first name unknown.
Type

Identifier
Collection 1867 Box 5 Folder 1
YRLSC_gordonphotos_0733
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Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Culture
King, Leontyne, 1905-1976
Griffin, Sarah, b. 1900 or 01
Payne, Dorothy
Mundy, Dorothy, 1909-1947
Brown, Zepherine
Johnson, Dorothy Vena, 1898-1970
LaVigne, Simietta, b. 1912 or 13
Source
Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

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