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Title
Party at the Last Word nightclub on Central Avenue, 1940s
Contributor
Last Word Photos
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
Photograph is enclosed in a souvenir photo folder from the Last Word nightclub.
All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.
Seated in center: Ivan Harold Browning (wearing bow tie). To the right, wearing a pearl necklace, is Ethel (Sissle) Gordon, and on the far right is Maurine Browning.
Text from souvenir photo folder: Last Word. East Side Smartest Sepia Night Club. 4206 South Central Avenue, Los Angeles, California. Souvenir photo. Phone ADams 9846 for reservations. For additional pictures write Last Word Photos, 4206 S. Central Ave., Los Angeles, Calif. Photos are $1.25 each, tax and mailing included. Please mention date and number on back of picture.
Type

Identifier
Collection 1867 Box 6 Folder 3
YRLSC_gordonphotos_0802_a
ark:/21198/zz0025pxdc
Language
English
Subject
Entertainment
Lifestyle
African American singers
Nightclubs--California--Los Angeles
Sissle, Ethel
Last Word (Nightclub : Los Angeles, Calif.)
Browning, Ivan, 1891-1978
Browning, Maurine
Source
Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

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