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

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

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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.

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

Creator Griffin-Siminoff Photo (photographer)

Contributor Edwin L. Jefferson papers, 1941-1989 (provenance), Joseph, Andrée M. (compiler)

Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital)

Date Created 1941-12

Subject African Americans (lcsh), African Americans--History--1877-1964 (lcsh), African Americans--Social life and customs (lcsh), California. Municipal Court (Los Angeles) (naf), court houses (adlf), Jefferson, Edwin Lucius (subject), Williams, David (subject), Wright, Warner R., d. 1964 (subject)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Los Angeles (city or populated place), Los Angeles (counties), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1941-12

Type images, texts

Format photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm. (aacr2), photographs (aat)

Source 1999: Black History Exhibit (subcollection), Library Exhibits Collection (collection)

Repository Email specol@lib.usc.edu

Repository Name USC Libraries Special Collections

Repository Location Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189

Rights For uses other than private, please contact the USC Digital Library at cisadmin@lib.usc.edu

Access Conditions Send requests to address or e-mail given. Phone (213) 740-5900; fax (213) 740-2343.

Permanent Link (DOI) https://doi.org/10.25549/exbt-m15

Identifier exbt-BHE-015 (filename), BHE-015 (identifying number), exbt-m30 (legacy collection record id), exbt-c54-538 (legacy record id), exbt-m15 (legacy record id)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 538

Unique identifier UC1608054

Legacy Identifier exbt-BHE-015.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 15.4 in × 13.1 in at 300dpi
39.1 cm × 33.5 cm at 300dpi

Inherited Values

Title 1999: Black History Exhibit

Description Black History Month Exhibit, Doheny Memorial Library, Spring 1999

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