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Title
Tommie Brown, Myrl Berry and Lonnie Hamilton : La Brea Ranch : 1945.
Date
1945
Description
Three African American women stand and hold bell peppers in large field at La Brea Ranch. License number 68 24 73 on back of automobile near women. Image originally obtained from Lonnie Westbury.
Title
Johnnie Berneham and Olivia McCray : Rosemary Farms : 1949.
Date
1979
Description
Young African American boy and girl sit close together on car's running board and seemingly are about to kiss, Rosemary Farms. Image originally obtained from Lonnie Westbury.
Title
Eddie Mae Foster : Waller Park : 1951.
Date
1951
Description
Girl stands in front of pond at Waller Park, evergreens in background, shoes on ground
Title
Lottie Carter, Gean Rolland : Avila Beach, 1950s.
Date
1950s
Description
Two women recline at sandy Avila Beach, buildings and hill in background. Image originally obtained from Phil Wilson.
Title
Former Santa Maria airbase living quarters used as farm labor camp for blacks : 1950.
Date
1950s
Description
One car parked in front of modest housing used as farm labor camp on large lot at former Santa Maria airbase living quarters.
Title
Avila Beach : 1955.
Date
1955
Description
Six people sit close together on the sand near pilings at Avila Beach. Image originally obtained from Juanita Prince.
Title
The 80th Construction Battalion Quartet ; the 80th was a mostly black battalion stationed at Camp Rousseau, Port Hueneme from June 1944 - May 1945.
Date
circa 1944
Description
Three Seabee singers stand near a microphone and a fourth plays guitar at Camp Rousseau, Port Hueneme. Image originally obtained from NAVFAC Archives, U.S. Navy, Port Hueneme.
Title
Dance for African American enlisted personnel at Camp Rousseau Seabee Camp at Port Hueneme : September 1943 ; at this time the dances were segregated.
Date
1943 September
Description
An enlisted man dances with a young woman while sailors in the background watch at Camp Rousseau Seabee Camp at Port Hueneme. Image originally obtained from NAVFAC Archives, U.S. Navy, Port Hueneme.
Title
The late Reverend Jesse Walker and the congregation of old St. Paul Baptist Church on 7th Street between B and C Street, Oxnard : 1944.
Date
1944
Description
Reverend Jesse Walker and congregation stand in front of St. Paul Baptist Church on 7th Street. Between B and C Street, Oxnard. Image originally obtained from Tempest Holloway.
Title
Combined choir of old St. Paul Baptist Church, Oxnard, and Olivet Baptist Church, Ventura : 1946.
Date
1946
Description
Group portrait of combined choir of old St. Paul Baptist Church, Oxnard, and Olivet Baptist Church, Ventura. Image originally obtained from Tempest Holloway.
Title
Early workers at Olivet Baptist Church, Ventura ; L to R: Annie Walker, Bevvie May Bryant, Marguerite Milton, Letha Moore, Iranna Smith, Annie Smith and her sister Cerisa Westly, the last two being among the founders of the church.
Date
circa 1940s
Description
Seven female workers sit around a table at Olivet Baptist Church, Ventura. Image originally obtained from Yvette Sutton.
Title
Reverend Emmett Hunter, pastor of the Olivet Baptist Church, Ventura : in the 1970s.
Date
1970s
Description
Reverend Emmett Hunter, in a plaid suit, sits at office desk. Image originally obtained from Yvette Sutton.
Title
Reverend Luther McCurtis, the Church of God in Christ ; Reverend McCurtis builds his own church, 660 N. Ventura Avenue, Ventura : March 30, 1965.
Date
1965 March 30
Description
Reverend Luther McCurtis stacks concrete blocks at the construction site for the Church of God in Christ, 660 N. Ventura Avenue, Ventura. Image originally supplied by Ventura County Museum of History and Art.
Title
Ernest E. "Gene" Brown, Executive Chef at the County General Hospital from 1946 until the 1970s.
Date
circa 1960s
Description
Chef Ernest E. Gene Brown looks at worktable where Styrofoam bowls and other items sit. Foam ice chest with metal handles is to his right. Image originally obtained from Yvette Sutton.
Title
Mrs. Frances Tatum with her two sons receiving a proclamation : May 14, 1975 ; the proclamation from the Ventura County Board of Supervisors renamed Juvenile Hall, Clifton Tatum Center.
Date
1975
Description
With her two sons next to her, Mrs. Frances Tatum holds framed plaque. Others are behind them. At the right, a County Supervisor speaks regarding the proclamation to rename the Juvenile Center, the Clifton Tatum Center, in memory of the center's late superintendent. Image originally obtained from Mrs. Francis J. Tatum.
Title
Members of Twentieth Century Onyx Club at the first Cotton Ball : 1964 ; the Cotton Ball was for young ladies in the 9th and 10th grades ; L to R: Mary Jordan, Mildred Morrison, Marguerite Milton, Margaret Tatum, Olga Camper, Lona Fountain, Elsie Kelley, Geraldine Mantooth, Gwendolyn E. Hunt, Thelma Calhoun, Ruth Gibson, Mattie Adams and Martha White.
Date
1964
Description
Group portrait of Twentieth Century Onyx Club members at the first Cotton Ball, 13 teen girls and 1 male. Pictured are: Mary Jordan, unidentified, Mildred Morrison, Marguerite Milton, Margaret Tatum, Olga Camper, Lona Fountain, Elsie Kelley, Geraldine Mantooth, Gwendolyn E. Hunt, Thelma Calhoun, Ruth Gibson, Mattie Adams and Martha White. Image originally obtained from Mattie Adams.
Title
1964 debutantes : Twentieth Century Onyx Club, Oxnard ; first row L to R: Vickey Banks, Betty Marie Decquir ; second row L to R: Gwendolyn Jean Tatum, Claudette Marie Lyghts, Donna Jo Cottry ; third row L to R: Mildred Virginia White, Deidre Gail Wilkes, and Martha Velverlee Cameron ; also introduced was Patricia Ann Hudson.
Date
1964
Description
Eight teen debutantes in formals, Twentieth Century Onyx Club, Oxnard. Pictured are: Vickey Banks, Betty Marie Decquir, Gwendolyn Jean Tatum, Claudette Marie Lyghts, Donna Jo Cottry, Mildred Virginia White, Deidre Gail Wilkes, and Martha Velverlee Cameron. Image originally obtained from Mattie Adams.
Title
Leroy "Buddy" Gibson and his sister, Louise Gibson, tap dancing team, just before appearing on the Ted Mack Amateur Hour : 1948 ; students of the Ted Russell Dancing Studio in Ventura, the brother and sister advanced as a professional dancing team.
Date
1948
Description
Leroy Buddy Gibson and Louise Gibson, a brother and sister tap dancing team, pose with hands on knees just before appearing on the Ted Mack Amateur Hour. Image originally obtained from Leroy Gibson.
Title
Young Dancers : 1959 ; Yolanda Verrett, Patricia Ann Holloway, Evelyn Yvonne Holloway, Lavonia Webb and Anna Faye Webb with the Flora Robb Dance Studio, Oxnard : 1959.
Date
1959
Description
Five juvenile tap dancers in tutus, Yolanda Verrett, Patricia Ann Holloway, Evelyn Yvonne Holloway, Lavonia Webb and Anna Faye Webb, at Flora Robb Dance Studio, Oxnard. Image originally obtained from Tempest Holloway.
Title
A gathering at a Santa Barbara home in 1926 ; civic leader Pearl Chase is standing third from right.
Date
1926
Description
In front of a Santa Barbara home, a group of black leaders gather including civic leader Pearl Chase, third from right on porch, considered to be the mother of the American Riviera look. 1926. Image originally obtained from UCSB Department of Special Collections.
Title
Mr. C. T. Moore, Santa Barbara : August 1955.
Date
1955 August
Description
Mr. C. T. Moore wears a straw hat, plaid jacket, slacks and holds a small dog on a front fender of a car. Image originally obtained from Mrs. Moore.
Title
Valencia and Herman Nelson, long-time Santa Barbara residents and community activists.
Date
undated : 1960s?
Description
Portrait of two Santa Barbara community activists, Valencia and Herman Nelson, who founded the Food Bank of Santa Barbara by delivering surplus government food to hungry Eastsiders.
Title
St. Paul A.M.E. Church puts on a play, Santa Barbara : 1950s.
Date
1950s
Description
Over a dozen adults and children wearing costumes including crowns and capes sit or stand on stage at St. Paul A.M.E. Church. Image originally obtained from Laura K. Simmons.
Title
A good basketball player, a good student, Keith (later Jamaal) Wilkes ; Wilkes maintained a 3.8 grade point average throughout high school ; his professional career began with the Golden State Warriors ; he then played for the Lakers.
Date
1960s
Description
Two high school basketball players are on the court during a game. The taller player, Keith Jamaal Wilkes, who is dribbling the ball is from Santa Barbara High School. The score board indicates14 points for the home team and 17 for the challenger. Image originally obtained from Santa Barbara High School.
Title
Clarence Jones, Farm Labor Center : 1950s.
Date
1950s
Description
Clarence Jones walks on a parking lot near a car; barrack-like Farm Labor Center buildings and trees are in the background. Image originally obtained from Phil Wilson.
Title
Vera Wilson, Farm Labor Center : 1950s.
Date
1950s
Description
Vera Wilson cooks at kitchen stove at the Farm Labor Center. Image originally obtained from Phil Wilson.
Title
Mary Wilson, Mary Ann Collins, Vera Wilson, Clarence Battle and Anna Battle.
Date
undated: 1950s-1960s ?
Description
Five adults and children stand on dirt driveway in front of a long building. Image originally obtained from Phil Wilson.
Title
Louden Gatewood's Shine Parlor, 100 block of East Main Street, Santa Maria : 1936.
Date
1936
Description
Man shines a customer's shoes just inside a small storefront. Window sign and sign above the door say, Gatewood's Shine Parlor News & Magazines. Image originally obtained from the Gatewood family.
Title
Eulamae Whiteside Gatewood pinning Eagle Scout badge on Leander Gatewood, Santa Maria's first black Eagle Scout, at a meeting of the Sea Explorer Scouts at the American Legion Hall in 1950.
Date
1950
Description
Three uniformed Scouts including Eagle Scout Leander Gatewood, are each being pinned by older women, e.g. Eulamae Whiteside Gatewood, at a meeting of the Sea Explorer Scouts at the American Legion Hall. Leander was Santa Maria's first black Eagle Scout. Image originally obtained from the Gatewood family.
Title
Guadalupe Park : 1946 ; among those present: Estar Campbell, M. and Steve Brown, Lonnie Hamilton, Arthur J. Brown, Ernest Black, Tommie Brown and Ernestine Black.
Date
1946
Description
At Guadalupe Park, group portrait of 8 men and 5 women in front of parked car. Pictured are: Estar Campbell, M. and Steve Brown, Lonnie Hamilton, Arthur J. Brown, Ernest Black, Tommie Brown, Ernestine Black and others unidentified. Image originally obtained from Lonnie Westbury.
Title
Hanging Out, Arnold McCray, Santa Maria : 1946.
Date
1946
Description
From his clothes pinned shirt, a baby, Arnold McCray, hangs from clothesline. Another child walks toward a parked coupe. Barrack type housing in background. Image originally obtained from Lonnie Westbury.
Title
Ellen and Ed Foster at Airbase, Santa Maria : 1948.
Date
1948
Description
Ed Foster wraps his arms around Ellen Foster in field at Santa Maria Airbase. Another woman and dog stand in background.
Title
Leroy Jones, Sr., male nurse orderly, Airport Hospital, Santa Maria : 1954.
Date
1954
Description
Portrait of a male nurse orderly who stands in front of bushes.
Title
Bernise Turner and friends, Waller Park, Santa Maria : 1945.
Date
1945
Description
Bernise Turner and friends sit or stand around a picnic table near a smoking fire pit at Waller Park, Santa Maria. Image originally obtained from Lonnie Westbury.
Title
Reverend Wilson Trucking Business, Eric Tell : 1950.
Date
1950
Description
Two men stand near stake bed truck, Reverend Wilson Trucking Business. Image originally obtained from Phil Wilson.
Title
Naomi Hamilton and Reverend Wilson, Airport Circle Hospital, Santa Maria : 1950s.
Date
1950s
Description
Naomi Hamilton sits and Reverend Wilson stands on porch steps by screened door. Image originally obtained from Phil Wilson.
Title
Deacon Brown with his wife Clincy and Deacon Sirls with his wife Williea, St. Paul Baptist Church : 1950.
Date
1950
Description
Deacon and Clincy Brown and Deacon and Williea Sirls stand outside, St. Paul Baptist Church. Image originally obtained from Phil Wilson.
Title
Manuel Hamilton, middle weight boxing contender, Santa Maria High School : 1949.
Date
1949
Description
Santa Maria High School boxer, Manuel Wilson, stands in upright defensive boxing position. Image originally obtained from Lonnie Westbury.
Title
Juanita Prince at Illif Ranch, Santa Maria : 1953.
Date
1953
Description
Juanita Prince sits bareback on horse at Illif Ranch, Santa Maria.
Title
Ranch off Highway 166, Santa Maria : 1955. Juanita Prince, Eddie Mae Foster and Milton Jones.
Date
1955
Description
Juanita Prince, Eddie Mae Foster and Milton Jones sit on grass near ranch fence.
Title
St. Paul A.M.E. Church at 502 Olive Street in Santa Barbara.
Date
undated: 1940s?
Description
Group portrait at street corner outside the St. Paul A.M.E. Church, Santa Barbara. Image originally obtained from Laura K. Simmons.
Title
Choir of the Bethel Church of God in Christ giving a Christmas program at a Montecito , California home in the 1950s.
Date
1950s
Description
Group portrait of 17 Bethel Church of God choir members who perform a Christmas program at a Montecito home. Image originally obtained from Willie M. Rowan.
Title
Bill Bush with the plane of Allan Hancock College of Aeronautics, Santa Maria : 1946.
Date
1946
Description
Bill Bush stands on ground near the door steps of an airplane, Allan Hancock College of Aeronautics, Santa Maria.
Title
Santa Maria, Lompoc Air Base building construction key map showing areas reserved for "colored" troops : January 1943.
Date
1943
Description
Photograph of Santa Maria, Lompoc Air Base building construction key map, which notes, among other groups, the "colored" troop areas.
Title
Singer Juanita Booker who later sang the national anthem at President Reagan's Inauguration ceremonies : January 20, 1981.
Date
undated: 1960s?
Description
Close up photograph of singer Juanita Booker, who smiles and leans toward mirror to look at her reflection. Image originally obtained from Paso Robles Daily Press.
Title
Du Mont Gospel Singers, San Luis Obispo Springfield Baptist Church ; front row: Flo Douglas and Virginia Norman ; back row: Garnett Hopkins, Jr., W. Norman and John Anderson.
Date
circa 1960s
Description
Group portrait of 5 Du Mont Gospel Singers, Flo Douglas, Virginia Norman, Garnett Hopkins, Jr., W. Norman and John Anderson. San Luis Springfield Baptist Church. Image originally obtained from John Anderson family.
Title
Springfield Baptist Church moved to its present location, 2747 South Broad Street, San Luis Obispo, California, July 14, 1963 ; April 1, 1973 cornerstone laying and homecoming celebration, indebtedness of church building paid off ; July 4, 1976 Springfield Baptist Church participated in the Ecumenical Bicentennial Celebration sponsored by the San Luis Obispo Ministerial Association at Mission Plaza ; a copy of the church history was placed in the San Luis Obispo Historical Society Museum Time Capsule.
Date
circa 1963
Description
View of Springfield Baptist Church, 2747 South Broad Street, San Luis Obispo. Image originally obtained from Marie Barron.
Title
Members of Choir of San Luis Obispo Springfield Baptist Church.
Date
circa 1960s
Description
Group portrait of 17 members of the choir of the San Luis Obispo Springfield Baptist Church
Title
Ladies of San Luis Obispo Springfield Baptist Church at a Christmas party : 1970.
Date
1970
Description
Group portrait of 11 women at Christmas party, San Luis Obispo Springfield Baptist Church. Image originally obtained from Johnnie Brigson.
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