COLLECTION NAME:
African - Americans on the Central Coast
Record
Title:
Ruth Gibson : 1940 ; Ruth Gibson was born in August, 1915 in Ventura, California and worked at the Construction Battalion Center for 28 years. She founded the Twentieth Century Onyx Club, an African-American woman's club that sponsored Debutante's Ball, the Cotton Ball and gave scholarships.
Creator:
unknown
Date:
1940
Description:
Close up photograph of Ruth Gibson who smiles. She wears a patterned top, dangling pearl earrings and short chain necklace with pendant. Image originally obtained from Leroy "Buddy" Gibson.
Format:
1 photographic print : b&w ; 21 X 26 cm.
Type:
image
Contributor:
Black Gold Cooperative Library System
Subject:
Gibson, Ruth
Subject:
Ventura (Calif.)
Subject:
20th Century Onyx Club
Subject:
African Americans -- Women -- California
Subject:
African Americans -- California -- Ventura County
Language:
eng
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Copyright Holder:
Copyright status unknown.
Note:
Part of "Historical Photos of Four Ethnicities on California's Central Coast" Collection
Note:
Originally published as part of African - Americans on the Central Coast: a photo essay
Identifier:
AA023
Filename:
BG-AA-14-023.jpg
Ruth Gibson : 1940 ; Ruth Gibson was born in August, 1915 in Ventura, California and worke...
