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DOI: 10.25549/scl-m0024
title: Joseph Blackburn Bass and staff of the California Eagle, 1932, Los Angeles

description: Photograph of Joseph Blackburn Bass (top row, left) with some of the California Eagle staff taken at the newspaper's offices in 1932. In the front row, from left, are Jesus Cano, compositor, smoking a cigar; William M. Solomon, printer; and Al Joseph, pressman. In the top row, from left, are Bass, editor-in-chief; Leon H. Washington, advertising manager; Loren Miller, city editor, and Samuel Hamilton, linotype operator. Linotype operators John Prowd and Max Williams, not included in the photograph, were also employed at the newspaper at this time. Bass was married to California Eagle publisher Charlotta Bass.
DOI: 10.25549/scl-m0015
title: Joseph B. Bass and mother, 1870/1880, Topeka, Kansas

description: Photograph of Joseph Blackburn Bass with his mother. The photograph was taken at Downing's Gallery, and the back of the photograph states the gallery was located "in Union Hall Building, over Barnum & Co's Dry Goods Store, opp. Post-Office, Topeka, Kansas." Joseph was born on Aug. 2, 1863, in Missouri, and moved with his mother to Topeka when he was five or six years old. In the 1890s, he founded the Topeka Call, a black community newspaper. He continued to work on that newspaper when it was purchased by another owner and its name changed to the Topeka Plaindealer. Bass was active in local politics, and in 1896 was one of the Kansas delegates to the Republican National Convention that nominated William McKinley for President. After a short stint publishing a black community newspaper in Helena, Montana, Bass moved to Los Angeles, where in 1913, he accepted Charlotta Spears' offer to edit the California Eagle. Spears and Bass married in 1914.
DOI: 10.25549/scl-m0460
title: Celebration for the California Eagle, Los Angeles, 1947

description: Photograph of a group of diners attending a celebration for the California Eagle on April 3, 1947, at an unidentified location in Los Angeles.
DOI: 10.25549/scl-m0477
title: Cecila Banks, Los Angeles, 1949

description: Photograph of Cecila Banks, published in the California Eagle's "Social" section on Feb. 3, 1949.
DOI: 10.25549/scl-m0443
title: Charlotta Bass receives a pin from a woman's organization, Denver, ca. 1952

description: Photograph of Charlotta Bass, second from the right in the foreground, with an unidentified woman placing a pin on Bass' suit jacket. The African-American women in the photo are wearing pins, which could be membership pins in a sorority or other organization in Denver, Colorado. The front and back of the photo are stamped with the words "Burnis McCloud, Denver." This photo was published in the California Eagle.
DOI: 10.25549/scl-m0446
title: Photograph of Mrs. Fannie Johnson, Springfield, Illinois, ca. 1911-1920

description: Photograph of Mrs. Fannie Johnson. The photo was among the personal papers and artifacts of Charlotta Bass, publisher of the California Eagle.
DOI: 10.25549/scl-m0450
title: Brandon Jr., aged one year and eight months, ca. 1931-1940

description: Photograph of Brandon Jr., with the following handwritten message: "To: My Godmother, With Love, Brandon Jr., age 1 yr. 8 mos." The photograph was sent to Charlotta Bass, publisher of the California Eagle.
DOI: 10.25549/scl-m0454
title: The cast of "Harlem on Parade," ca.1941-1950

description: Promotional photograph for "Harlem on Parade," a new musical to be staged by the USO. The photo contains the following caption: "JAM AND JIVE. New USO unit, 'Harlem on Parade,' conducted by Thomas Mosely, will tour the hospital circuit, visiting 109 army, navy and veterans' hospitals throughout the country. Veterans Hospital Camp Shows, now operating on USO funds, will entertain men of both races. Lora Pierre, left, and the Billy Moore Trio, look over lyrics of 'We're Brothers and Sisters of Joe Louis,' especially written for the show. The new USO is a member Red Feather service of the Community Chest." The photograph was sent to the California Eagle.
DOI: 10.25549/scl-m0455
title: Brandon family portrait, Los Angeles, 1947

description: Photograph of the Brandon family, with matriarch Mrs. Ida Brandon shown third from right, June 12, 1947. This photograph was published in the California Eagle's "Social" section.
DOI: 10.25549/scl-m0469
title: California Eagle equipment, Los Angeles, 1960

description: Stapled collection of 11 photographs of various pieces of equipment used at the California Eagle plant. The photographs were taken in March 1960, almost a decade after publisher Charlotta Bass resigned from the newspaper. The collection includes photos of the linotype machine, multilith, power cutter, slugsaw, folder, stapler and proof press.
DOI: 10.25549/scl-m0478
title: African-American woman, ca. 1941-1950

description: Photograph of an unidentified African-American woman wearing a long coat and a hat with a wide brim.
DOI: 10.25549/scl-m0468
title: "Foto album" from Charlotta Bass' vacation in Ensenada, ca. 1961/1969

description: Album containing nine photographs of Charlotta Bass' vacation in Ensenada. The cover of the album contains the words "Foto Album" and "Foto Estudio Bahia, Avenida Ruiz 302, Ensenada, B. CFA." Included in the album is a photograph of three Mexican children standing on a street, most probably in Ensenada. The other photos show Bass and several unidentified people in a backyard where they are holding fish and standing near a pile of bananas.
DOI: 10.25549/scl-m0470
title: Photographs from Charlotta Bass' scrapbook,  New York(?), ca. 1931-1940

description: Collection of 10 photographs that were pasted in Charlotta Bass' scrapbook. The photographs show unidentified African-American men, women and children posing outdoors. At least eight of the photographs appear to be taken on the streets in New York City, including some showing brownstone buildings.
DOI: 10.25549/scl-m0459
title: School children learn to shovel and hoe, Tuskegee, Alabama(?), ca. 1902-1903

description: Sepia-toned photograph of a group of African-American school children larning how to use a shovel and hoe. The photo may have been taken around 1902 or 1903 in Tuskegee, Alabama. The photograph was among the personal papers and artifacts of Charlotta Bass, publisher of the California Eagle.
DOI: 10.25549/scl-m0458
title: The members of the Pacific Town Club, Los Angeles, ca. 1941-1950

description: Photograph of members of the Pacific Town Club, an African-American men's social club located at the intersection of Adams Boulevard and Montclair Avenue. Among the members are, Eddie Atkinson, Sr., far left, whose son, Eddie Atkinson, Jr., was an accomplished athlete at Loyola University; E. Eugene Houston, second from left, a real estate broker; Horace Clark, sixth from right, owner of the Clark Hotel at Washington Boulevard and Central Avenue, a popular hangout for railroad employees; John Lamar Hill, Jr., owner and manager of the Angelus Funeral Home, the mortuary co-founded by his father; and Leonard Senters, far right, who owned the Five Star Liquor Store at 4625 S. Central Avenue.
DOI: 10.25549/scl-m0466
title: Central Avenue storefront, Los Angeles, ca. 1931-1940

description: Photograph of S.A. Scherer's loan office at 2501 Central Avenue, the main thoroughfare of Los Angeles' African-American community. The signs on the building advertise that auto, furniture and personal loans are available with "No payment for as long as 90 days," and "Cash in 15 minutes." Another sign proclaims "Let Scherer help you."
DOI: 10.25549/scl-m0456
title: African-American women attend a social function, Los Angeles, ca. 1941-1950

description: Photograph of a group of African-American women attending a meeting or social function at a private residence. Mrs. Henry A. McPherson (nee Marjorie Bright), wearing pearls and a large black hat, stands on the right. Helen Boyd, wearing a hat and holding her gloves and purse, is seated on the couch, second from right. This photograph was published in the California Eagle.
DOI: 10.25549/scl-m0451
title: Portrait of Charlotta Bass, Providence (?), ca. 1901-1910

description: Postcard with a photograph of a young Charlotta Bass. The photograph may have been taken in Providence, where Bass (then Charlotta Spears) lived with an older brother and worked at the Providence Watchman, an African-American newspaper.
DOI: 10.25549/scl-m0471
title: "Button man" campaigns for his candidate, 1931-1940

description: Two photographs of an unidentified man whose jacket is covered with political campaign buttons. In one photo the man wears a campaign poster pinned to the bottom of his jacket. In another photo he holds up a campaign poster with a wooden stick.
DOI: 10.25549/scl-m0463
title: Promotional photograph for the American Red Cross, ca. 1940-1945

description: Promotional photograph for the American Red Cross, featuring two African-American soldiers and a young African-American boy. The photo contains the slogan "In Peace as in War Share Always." The photograph was sent to the California Eagle.
DOI: 10.25549/scl-m0474
title: Mr. and Mrs. Boyd Rhetta, Los Angeles, ca. 1941-1950

description: Photograph of Mr. and Mrs. Boyd Rhetta. Boyd Rhetta was a high school principal in St. Louis, Missouri. The couple's daughter lived in Los Angeles, where this photograph was taken.
DOI: 10.25549/scl-m0464
title: Students at the National Auto School, 817 Ceres Avenue, Los Angeles, ca. 1911-1920

description: Photograph of a group of students outside the National Auto School in Los Angeles. The school advertises that it is a "practical mechanical school."
DOI: 10.25549/scl-m0462
title: Ishmael Flory and his wife, Cathern Davis Flory, on their wedding day, Los Angeles, ca. 1921-1930

description: Photograph of Ishmael and Cathern Davis Flory on their wedding day. Flory moved to Los Angeles from Louisiana at the age of 11. He graduated from Jefferson High School and briefly attended UCLA. In 1931, he became a Pullman porter and was an active member of the Pullman Porters' union. He later became a railroad dining car chef and a leader of the Dining Car Employees union. Flory moved to Chicago in 1939, where he headed the Joint Council of Dining Car Employees and later became an organizer for the Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers union. During the 1940s and 1950s, Flory worked closely with Paul Robeson, W.E.B. Du Bois, and William L. Patterson in early civil rights struggles. They pioneered the successful national campaign to integrate major league baseball. In 1960 Flory founded the African American Heritage Association, an early champion of African and African-American studies. In 1970-1971 he was a leader of the national campaign to free activist Angela Davis from a murder charge in California. Flory joined the Communist Party in the early 1930s. He ran for governor of Illionois on the Communist Party ticket in 1972, the first time the CPUSA was allowed on the Illinois ballot since 1932. He ran for the U. S. Senate in 1974, and Illinois governor again in 1976. Flory died in Chicago on Feb. 19, 2004, at the age of 96.
DOI: 10.25549/scl-m0447
title: Unidentified African-American man, Jersey City, New Jersey, ca. 1911-1920

description: Photograph of an unidentified African-American man. The photograph, taken by the Gubelman photography studio in Jersey City, New Jersey, was among the personal papers and artifacts of Charlotta Bass, publisher of the California Eagle.
DOI: 10.25549/scl-m0465
title: Attorney John McTernan counsels the Los Angeles 21, Hall of Justice, Los Angeles, 1948

description: Photograph of attorney John McTernan, second from right, meeting with some of his clients,  Los Angeles 21, November 1948. The clients include Ben Dobbs, left, and Phil Bock, second from left. Ten individuals were served subpoenas on Oct. 25, 1948, ordering them to testify before a federal grand jury investigating members of the Communist Party of Los Angeles. The 10 refused to answer any questions, citing their privilege against self-incrimination. Later that evening, a judge found the 10 people in contempt and sentenced them to jail for an unlimited term without bail. McTernan petititoned the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, and the court's chief justice ordered the prisoners released after serving a week in jail. But a trial judge in Los Angeles held the prisoners for another 38 hours, and as they were released they were again subpoened to appear before the grand jury. Another 11 people were called before the grand jury and subjected to the same treatment.
DOI: 10.25549/scl-m0449
title: Los Angeles County Sheriff Eugene Biscailuz and two deputies at graduation ceremonies, Los Angeles, 1950

description: Photograph of Los Angeles County Sheriff Eugene Biscailuz, center, at graduation ceremonies with two graduates of the sheriff department's training program, Deputy Harris, left, and Deputy Francis W. Garland, right, January 26, 1950. This photo appeared in the California Eagle with the caption "Graduates." Garland joined the Sheriff's Department on July 2, 1948, and retired from the Special Enforcement Bureua on Mar. 17, 1975. He died in Los Angeles on May 17, 2004, at the age of 85.
DOI: 10.25549/scl-m0472
title: Jefferson High School P.T.A. function crowning students for good citizenship, Los Angeles, ca. 1947-1948

description: Photograph of a P.T.A. ceremony at Jefferson High School honoring students for good citizenship. The young woman seated and wearing a crown is Rudell Slay (Freer), a student at Jefferson. Charlotta Bass, publisher of the California Eagle, stands to the immediate left of Slay. Principal Paul Fisher stands behind Slay, to her right.
DOI: 10.25549/scl-m0461
title: Group photograph, ca. 1901-1910

description: Photograph of a group of African-Americans. The photograph was among the personal papers and artifacts of Charlotta Bass, publisher of the California Eagle.
DOI: 10.25549/scl-m0453
title: Red Cross worker Vivian Collier at the piano, Paris, 1946

description: Official Red Cross photograph of Vivian Collier, a Red Cross worker in Paris, March 1946. The photograph contained the following caption: "Paris, France, -- ALWAYS ON DUTY -- 'Wherever I went in my Red Cross uniform, the soliders would ask me to sing for them, so even when I took a vacation I was always on duty because I never refused a request for music,' said attractive soprano Vivian Collier as she planned to return to the States after a year as an overseas club worker with the American Red Cross. Miss Collier, whose home is Washington, D.C., where her husband, S.A. Douglas, is a vocational guidance counsellor in the public schools, sang for GIs in tents, theaters, hospitals, Red Cross clubs, and even on trains, buses and airplanes all over Europe. She is returning to take her master's degree in music at Catholic University and will begin a concert tour in the fall." This photo was sent to newspapers in the United States, including the California Eagle.
DOI: 10.25549/scl-m0452
title: Jackie, a roommate of Charlotta Bass, ca. 1931-1940

description: Photograph of Jackie, a young woman who, for a brief time, lived with Charlotta Bass, publisher of the California Eagle.
DOI: 10.25549/scl-m0448
title: Graduation photo, Baltimore, ca. 1931-1940

description: Graduation photo of an unidentified African-American student taken by the Jones photography studio in Baltimore. The photograph was among the personal papers and artifacts of Charlotta Bass, publisher of the California Eagle. Bass and her husband did not have any children, but Bass received many letters and photographs from her friends' children, some of whom referred to Bass as "mother."
DOI: 10.25549/scl-m0444
title: High school photograph of Kiah Carter, Jr., Elizabeth, New Jersey, 1942

description: Framed high school photograph of Kiah Carter, Jr., Class of 1942. Carter attended high school in Elizabeth, New Jersey. The photo was among the personal photos and artifacts of Charlotta Bass, publisher of the California Eagle.
DOI: 10.25549/scl-m0445
title: High school photograph of young woman from Elizabeth, New Jersey, 1944

description: High school photograph of an unidentified young African-American woman who attended high school in Elizabeth, New Jersey. The photo was taken by the same studio that took a photo of Kiah Carter, Jr., so the young woman might be his sister. The photo was sent to Charlotta Bass, publisher of the California Eagle, with the handwritten message, "Love Charlotta (1944)."
DOI: 10.25549/scl-m0473
title: Ms. Cohen, a school teacher, Los Angeles, ca. 1931-1940

description: Photograph of Ms. Cohen, a teacher in Los Angeles.
DOI: 10.25549/scl-m0457
title: African-Americans attend a social function, Los Angeles, ca. 1941-1950

description: Photograph of eight African-Americans attending a social function, published in the California Eagle. In the top row, from left, are David Williams, an attorney who later became the first African-American judge appointed to the U.S. District Court in Los Angeles; Mrs. Bradford; H. Claude Hudson, founder of Broadway Federal Savings and former president of the Los Angeles Branch NAACP; George Beavers, one of the founders of Golden State Mutual Insurance Company; and Dr. Taylor, a physician who owned the Taylor Medical Building at Jefferson Boulevard and Western Avenue. In the bottom row, from left, are Mrs. Taylor, Alweeda Williams, and Willie May Beavers.
DOI: 10.25549/scl-m0476
title: The bar at the Club Alabam, Los Angeles, ca. 1941-1945,

description: Photograph of the bar at the Club Alabam, where bartenders are serving drinks to customers. Club Alabam opened in 1931 and was located next to the Dunbar Hotel at 4015 Central Avenue (later renumbered to 4215). The club featured black entertainment for integrated audiences and was one of numerous nightclubs and theaters that flourished on Central Avenue until the early 1950s. In the early 1930s, Club Alabam employed 100 African-Americans and had a weekly payroll of $1,500.
DOI: 10.25549/scl-m0475
title: California Eagle award ceremony, Los Angeles, ca. 1949

description: Photograph of a group of people who have received awards from the California Eagle, with the recipients holding scrolls. Christopher C. Scott, far left, was superintendent of the branch post office on Vernon Avenue, the first African-American to be promoted to this position. Sherrill Luke, second from left, in 1949 was the first African-American to be elected president of undergraduate student government at UCLA. He later became a lawyer, assistant city manager of Richmond, Calif., and a Superior Court judge. Phyllis Scott, center, was the church and youth editor of the California Eagle in the 1940s. The man standing third from right is Mr. Jones; the woman standing second from right is Mrs. Simmons. Rev. Clayton Russell, of the People's Independent Church of Christ, is on the far right.
DOI: 10.25549/scl-m0676
title: Coffee  break, Los Angeles, ca. 1951-1960

description: Two African American women with an African American man and Caucasian Police Officer  taking a coffee break
DOI: 10.25549/scl-m0690
title: Four African American women  posing in front of a clothes closet, Los Angeles, circa 1951-1960

description: Four African American women posing in front  of a clothes closet. Appeared in California Eagle newspaper social section.
DOI: 10.25549/scl-m0683
title: Miss Kentucky Tavern girls  posing with two men shaking hands, Los Angeles, ca. 1951-1960

description: Miss Kentucky Tavern girls posing with two men  shaking hands. Bottles of Kentucky Tavern are displayed in the background
DOI: 10.25549/scl-m0696
title: African American man speaking  at the Ambassador Hotel, Los Angeles, ca. 1951-1960

description: Unidentified African American man speaking  at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles. Another man and women pictured along side him on dais.
DOI: 10.25549/scl-m0671
title: Luncheon for foreign diplomats, Los Angeles, ca. 1951-1960

description: Luncheon for foreign diplomats, October 24, 195?
DOI: 10.25549/scl-m0670
title: Group of KGFJ staff, including  Larry McCormick, Los Angeles, ca. 1951-1960

description: Group of KGFJ staff, including Larry  McCormick (back row, second from right)
DOI: 10.25549/scl-m0673
title: Portrait of unidentified  African American man, Los Angeles, ca. 1951-1960

description: Portrait of unidentified African American man  wearing glasses
DOI: 10.25549/scl-m0674
title: Four African American gils  dressed in capes, Los Angeles, ca. 1951-1960

description: Four African American girls dressed in capes  pictured with a man in tuxedo. A key is pinned to the cape of one girl.
DOI: 10.25549/scl-m0666
title: Group photograph at social  event, Los Angeles, ca. 1951-1960

description: Group photograph of three unidentified  African-American men and one African American woman at a social event.
DOI: 10.25549/scl-m0675
title: Five men serving at a  banquet, Los Angeles, ca. 1951-1960

description: Five men serving at a banquet
DOI: 10.25549/scl-m0669
title: Two African-American couples at  social event, Los Angeles, ca. 1951-1960

description: Photograph of two African-American men (Tom Bradley, Mayor of Los Angeles from 1973-1993, first from right?) and two African-American women as couples at a social event.
DOI: 10.25549/scl-m0682
title: Unidentified African American  man standing in driveway, Los Angeles, ca. 1951-1960,

description: Unidentified African American man wearing a  coat and tie standing in driveway, with a business (possibly hotel) in the background
DOI: 10.25549/scl-m0693
title: African American church choir, Los Angeles, ca. 1951-1960

description: African American church choir
DOI: 10.25549/scl-m0689
title: Four women pictured holding  canned vegetables, Los Angeles, ca. 1951-1960

description: Four women pictured in front of fireplace  mantel during the Christmas holiday season, posing with canned vegetables. Appeared in California Eagle newspaper social  section.
DOI: 10.25549/scl-m0685
title: Woman holding flower bouquet  posing with three men, Los Angeles, ca. 1951-1960

description: African American woman holding flower  bouquet, posing with three men. Appeared in California Eagle newspaper social section.
DOI: 10.25549/scl-m0686
title: African American women's club  group photograph, Los Angeles, ca. 1951-1960

description: African American women's club being  presented with a commemorative plaque.
DOI: 10.25549/scl-m0688
title: Attorney R. Carter pictured  with four African American women, Los Angeles, ca. 1951-1960

description: Attorney R. Carter pictured with four  African American women.
DOI: 10.25549/scl-m0681
title: Group of African American youth, posing on stage, ca. 1951-1960

description: Group of African American youth posing on  stage, several leaning on umbrellas
DOI: 10.25549/scl-m0665
title: Kissing babies, Los Angeles, ca. 1951-1960

description: Staged photo oportunity featuring two  prominent male figures surrounded by five women of mixed races with their children.
DOI: 10.25549/scl-m0687
title: Group of five men shaking  hands, Los Angeles, ca. 1951-1960

description: Group of five men dressed in suits posing while shaking  hands.
DOI: 10.25549/scl-m0679
title: African American man dressed in  Old West costume, standing in front of display of Golden Spur, Los Angeles, ca. 1951-1960

description: African American man dressed in Old West costume, standing in front of display of Golden  Spur
DOI: 10.25549/scl-m0678
title: Two youth help injured player  off the field, Los Angeles, ca. 1951-1960

description: Two African American youth help injured  player off the field. Their sports uniforms read "Tigers".
DOI: 10.25549/scl-m0663
title: Photo of Tom Bradley, Mayor of Los Angeles, 1973-1993, Los Angeles, ca. 1951-1960

description: Headshot of  Tom Bradley, Mayor of Los Angeles, 1973-1993. Originally, the photograph was captioned as "Photo of unidentified African- American man (Tom Bradley?), Los Angeles, ca. 1951-1960".
DOI: 10.25549/scl-m0662
title: Portrait of an African-American man, Los Angeles, ca. 1951-1960

description: Portrait of an unidentifiable African- American man. A name is penciled on the back of photo, however it is illegible.