Links Social Club, ca. 1938

Description

Photograph of the Links Social Club, Los Angeles, ca. 1938. Eight African-American women wearing white ball gowns with prominent corsages, standing inside in a line with left hands on hips. "Diane Club: 1. Mattie Hawkins; 2. Verna Branch Hickman; 3. Ella Matthews; 4. Gwyn Diggs; 5. Amy Landery; 6. Caroline Blodgett; 7. Willia Bee Nickerson; 8. Florence Russell"--handwritten on verso.

Title:

Links Social Club, ca. 1938

Record ID:

bhe-m16

Names & Dates

Created:

[circa] 1938

Contributor:

[compiler] Joseph, Andrée M.

Publisher:

[host] University of Southern California. Libraries.

Subject

Topic:

African Americans
African Americans--History--1877-1964
African Americans--Social life and customs
Social clubs
Links Social Club
Diane Club
Hawkins, Mattie Pearl
Hickman, Verna Branch
Matthews, Ella
Diggs, Gwyn
Landery, Amy
Blodgett, Caroline
Nickerson, Willia Bee
Russell, Florence

Coverage:

[circa] 1938

Place:

[cities] Los Angeles
[countries] USA
[states/provinces] California
[counties] Los Angeles

Relationships

Part Of:

[exhibit] Black History Month Exhibit, Treasure Room, Doheny Memorial Library, 2-26 February 1999: "African American Angelenos in the greater community: the historic networks of the Vernon-Central/University Park Neighborhood, 1920s-1990s."
[collection] Edwin L. Jefferson papers, 1941-1989

Physical

Type:

images

Format:

photograph : b&w ; 20 x 25 cm.
photographs

Access

Rights:

University of Southern California. Law School
Jefferson, Susan

Ordering:

University of Southern California owns digital rights only. For personal, educational or research use contact: Asa V. Call Law Library, Gould School of Law, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0072; phone (213) 740-6482. For permission to publish or republish material in any form -- print or electronic -- contact the Rights owner.

Identifiers

Record ID:

bhe-m16

Source:

BHE-016