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Walter Gordon could not remember the name of the woman on the far left, but he represented her when she was arrested by federal authorities for drug possession. He won her case. All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon. Walter L. Gordon, Jr.: "Now these were some hot runners. This man [on left] is Dr. Goodloe, lived in Washington DC. He had a yacht. He was an abortionist; all the congressmen used him. Woman to his right was a similar situation to Ethel [Gordon], on chorus line at Billy Rose’s club. This was a black gal, called high yellow. ... In the middle is me. To the right is Lizzy Putnam (Chicago) [a later interview corrected her name to Liz McCullough]. These are hot flyers. Here’s the disgruntled husband. His name is Mye Hubbard [i.e. Haddox]. He was well known in Shreveport Louisiana. His office must have a photograph section, because people would write me to say they’d seen my photo on his office wall. It was like a clique, we all knew each other. You can look at them and tell they were high rollers. Goodloe got sent to the penitentiary. As a matter of fact, he came out here on a kind of sojourn and when he went back he was supposed to go. This was right before that. This one, look at that chin. His wife… He was a worried husband. Hubbard’s wife, not in photo, she had her own coterie of friends and he didn’t like it. He’s half mad in this photograph, doesn’t like the company he’s keeping. This was taken at my office, I believe. Liz Putnam was just a visitor. Hubbard’s wife left him out here, when he went back he went by himself." Left to right: Unidentified woman, Dr. William A. Goodloe, Juanita Goodloe, Walter Gordon, Jr., Liz McCullough, Mye Haddox.
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Identifier
YRLSC_gordonphotos_0780 ark:/21198/zz0025pwqj
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
People African American physicians--Washington (D.C.) African American physicians--Louisiana--Shreveport African American lawyers--California--Los Angeles Gordon, Walter L., Jr., 1908-2012 Goodloe, William Andrew, 1894-1973 Haddox, Mye, 1896-1966 McCullough, Liz Goodloe, Juanita Anne Jones, 1915-2016
Source
Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection
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