Holiday party congratulating Edwin Jefferson on his appointment as Los Angeles County municipal judge

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Title	Holiday party congratulating Edwin Jefferson on his appointment as Los Angeles County municipal judge
Description	A moment of serious celebration: African-American, Edwin Jefferson at December 1941 appointment to the Los Angeles County Municipal Court. Attendees included Dr. Warner R. Wright (far left, standing) and David Williams, 1937 graduate of University of Southern California Law School (3rd from left, standing). The group of 15 African Americans (7 men, 8 women) and sitting and standing around a table bearing a cake and a flowered centerpiece with lit candles. The wall behind the group has a closed curtain and two wall lamps on it. All the men are wearing suits, the women are dressed up and wearing flowers in their hair. "Griffin- Siminoff Photo"--printed at bottom of photograph.
Subject	Jefferson, Edwin Lucius; Wright, Warner R., d. 1964; Williams, David
Subject (adlf)	court houses
Subject (lcsh)	African Americans African Americans--History--1877-1964 African Americans--Social life and customs
Subject (naf)	California. Municipal Court (Los Angeles)
Geographic Subject (City or Populated Place)	Los Angeles
Geographic Subject (County)	Los Angeles
Geographic Subject (State)	California
Geographic Subject (Country)	USA
Coverage date	1941-12
Compiler	Joseph, Andrée M.
Photographer	Griffin-Siminoff Photo
Publisher (of the Digital Version)	University of Southern California. Libraries
Date created	1941-12
Type	images texts
Format (aacr2)	photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm.
Format (aat)	photographs
Identifying Number	BHE-015
Legacy Record ID	exbt-m15
Part of collection	Library Exhibits Collection
Part of subcollection	Black History Month Exhibit, Doheny Memorial Library, Spring 1999
Provenance	Edwin L. Jefferson papers, 1941-1989
Rights	University of Southern California. Law School; Griffin-Siminoff Photo; Jefferson, Susan
Access Conditions	Send requests to address or e-mail given. Phone (213) 821-2366; fax (213) 740-2343.
Repository Name	USC Libraries Special Collections
Repository Address	Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
Repository Email	specol@usc.edu
Filename	exbt-BHE-015
Full text	ÜRIFHN-SiÄHNOFF PHOTO
Archival file	exbt_Volume11/exbt-BHE-015.tiff

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